Suppose an automobile has 2100 J of kinetic energy. When it moves at three times the speed what will be its ki?


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Suppose an automobile has 2100 J of kinetic energy. When it moves at three times the speed what will be its kinetic energy?

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One Response to “Suppose an automobile has 2100 J of kinetic energy. When it moves at three times the speed what will be its ki?”

  1. be the change.* Says:

    It would be 9x more, so 18,900J.

    Because Ek=1/2mv^2, so if velocity was 1 at first, then 3 after, it’d be a difference of 3^2=9. be the change.*

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