32 - A child weighing 600 N is on a swing supported by a 3.00 m long rope. Calculate the gravitational potential energy of the child-earth system based on the lowest position the child can be found when the strings make an angle of 60.0° with respect to the vertical.    a) -300 J  B) 1800 J  NS) -1800 J  D) 600 J  TO) 900 J

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A child weighing 600 N is on a swing supported by a 3.00 m long rope. Calculate the gravitational potential energy of the child-earth system based on the lowest position the child can be found when the strings make an angle of 60.0° with respect to the vertical.

 
 a)

-300 J

 B)

1800 J

 NS)

-1800 J

 D)

600 J

 TO)

900 J

 

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