Conservation of Mechanical Energy

This section is the law of conservation of energy, mechanical energy $E_M=E_K+E_P$ , and how to use ** $E_{K1}+E_{P1}=E_{K2}+E_{P2}$ when air resistance (and other friction) can be ignored. Gravitational potential…

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