Given:
The mass of thee person is
[tex]m=79.2\text{ kg}[/tex]The height at which person standing is
[tex]h=36.2\text{ m}[/tex]Required: calculate the potential energy of the person
Explanation:
when anybody of mass m is at a distance h from the earth's surface then it has potential energy that is given as
[tex]P.E=mgh[/tex]where g is the acceleration due to gravity whose value is
[tex]9.8\text{ m/s}^2[/tex]Plugging all the values in the above relation, we get;
[tex]\begin{gathered} P.E=79.2\text{ kg}\times9.8\text{ m/s}^2\times36.2\text{ m} \\ P.E=28096.992\text{ J} \end{gathered}[/tex]Thus, the potential energy is
[tex]28096.992[/tex]