A small dog is trained to jump straight up a distance of 1.2 m. How much kinetic energy does the 7.2-kg dog need to jump this high? (The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s².)

85 J

18.2 J

9.8 m/s

There is not enough information.

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Lilia Aguilar

16 September, 18:41

A small dog is trained to jump straight up a distance of 1.2 m. How much kinetic energy does the 7.2-kg dog need to jump this high? (The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s².)

85 J

18.2 J

9.8 m/s

There is not enough information.

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Cookie Dough · Answer 1

The energy required to move some distance while experiencing a force is equal to the force times the distance. Force is equal to mass time acceleration.

formula is 7.2 * 9.8 * 1.2 = 84.67200

if we round of we get 85j

A small dog is trained to jump straight up a distance of 1.2 m. How much kinetic energy does the 7.2-kg dog need to jump this high? (The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s².)85 J18.2 J9.8 m/sThere is not enough information.

A small dog is trained to jump straight up a distance of 1.2 m. How much kinetic energy does the 7.2-kg dog need to jump this high? (The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s².)

85 J

18.2 J

9.8 m/s

There is not enough information.