Show all working explaining detailly each step.ANSWER b(i) & (ii) (b) As a spacecraft falls towards the Earth, itloses gravitational potential energy.What becomes of the lost potentialenergy(1) when the spacecraft is falling freelytowards the Earth well away fromthe Earth's atmosphere,(ii) when the spacecraft is fallingthrough the Earth's atmosphere atconstant speed?

1. Hence, in the above question, Spacecraft loses its gravitational potential energy, when it coming…

(b) As a spacecraft falls towards the Earth, it loses gravitational potential energy. What becomes of the lost potential спergy (1) when the spacecraft is falling freely towards the Earth well away from the Earth's atmosphere, (ii) when the spacecraft is falling through the Earth's atmosphere at constant speed?

(b) As a spacecraft falls towards the Earth, it loses gravitational potential energy. What becomes of the lost potential спergy (1) when the spacecraft is falling freely towards the Earth well away from the Earth's atmosphere, (ii) when the spacecraft is falling through the Earth's atmosphere at constant speed?

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Chapter8: Potential Energy And Conservation Of Energy

Section: Chapter Questions

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