While going down a roller coaster 20 m above the ground, a 100kg man is moving at 10 m/s  What is the GPE, KE, EPE, and total ME of the man.

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While going down a roller coaster 20 m above the ground, a 100kg man is moving at 10 m/s 

What is the GPE, KE, EPE, and total ME of the man. 

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