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Which of the following examples describes an increase in potential energy? Please provide answer and explain. I will mark brainliest. Thank you

a basketball falling through a net

roller coaster moving down the track

a bicycle going down a hill

a paint can being carried up a ladder

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The answer would be D because potential is the opposite of kinetic and kinetic is movement speed(energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion.) and the higher somthing gets the more total energy something has but there is no kinetic energy in it yet so that is the potential energy being maxed out.

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Answer:

a paint can being carried up a ladder

Explanation:

Potential energy of an object is defined as:

[tex]U=mgh[/tex]

where

m is the mass of the object

g is the gravitational acceleration

h is the height of the object measured above a reference point

From the formula, we see that the potential energy of an object increases if the height h increase, so if the object is moved upwards.

Among the choices provided, only the last one:

a paint can being carried up a ladder

describes an object whose heigth h is increased: therefore, in this situation, the potential energy of the object increases.

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