Solve the following problems.1. A block of bricks is raised3.0 m vertically to abricklayer at the top of a wallusing a pulley system. If theblock of bricks has a mass of24 kg,a. What is the weight of theblock of brick?b. What is its gravitationalpotential energy when itreaches the top of thewall?2. Climbing a vertical rope isdifficult. You must lift yourfull body weight with yourarms. If your mass is 60 kgand you climb 2.0 m, by howmuch do you increase yourgravitational potentialenergy?3. A 1,500-gram object at 20meters above the ground,free fall to the ground. Whatis the gravitational potentialenergy of the object?

1. A block of bricks is raised 3.0 m vertically to a bricklayer at the top of a wall using a pulley system. If the block of bricks has a mass of 24 kg, a. What is the weight of the block of brick? b. What is its gravitational potential energy when it reaches the top of the wall?

1. A block of bricks is raised 3.0 m vertically to a bricklayer at the top of a wall using a pulley system. If the block of bricks has a mass of 24 kg, a. What is the weight of the block of brick? b. What is its gravitational potential energy when it reaches the top of the wall?

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Solve the following problems.
1. A block of bricks is raised
3.0 m vertically to a
bricklayer at the top of a wall
using a pulley system. If the
block of bricks has a mass of
24 kg,
a. What is the weight of the
block of brick?
b. What is its gravitational
potential energy when it
reaches the top of the
wall?
2. Climbing a vertical rope is
difficult. You must lift your
full body weight with your
arms. If your mass is 60 kg
and you climb 2.0 m, by how
much do you increase your
gravitational potential
energy?
3. A 1,500-gram object at 20
meters above the ground,
free fall to the ground. What
is the gravitational potential
energy of the object?

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