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Question #4fc3d – Socratic

OK, we know that potential energy and height are related, yes? The equation is PE = m xx g xx h but we need to rearrange (a 4 term Eqn) and that’s not always easy to find height. So we know PE = m xx g xx h and need h on its own on the left hand side. In effect we need to ā€œundoā€ the multiplication by ā€˜m’ and ā€˜g’. We do this by doing the mathematical ā€œoppositeā€ so we divide …