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Grade 9General Physics

IN BRINGING A BODY FROM ZERO POTENTIAL TO SOME POTENTIAL,A FORCE IS APPLIED TO DO THAT.THE WORK DONE BY FORCE IS CONSIDERED AS P.E.THEN,HOW GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY=MGH,AS MG = WEIGHT OF BODY(THE FORCE WE ARE APPLYING)IS EQUAL TO GRAVITY AND BOTH GRAVITY AND APPLIED FORCE CANCELS OUT.PLS EXPLAIN HOW THE BODY DISPLACES?

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9 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
Work done by any force is given as:
W = Fdx
where dx is the displacement attained by that force.
Similarly in mgh the mg is the gravity force and h here acts as a displacement of the object.