Consider a system consisting of three masses on the x axis. Mass m1 = 1.00 kg is at x = 1.00 m; mass m2 = 2.00 kg is at x = 2.00 m; and mass m3 = 3.00 kg is at x = 3.00 m. What is the total gravitational potential energy of this system?

Consider a system consisting of three masses on the x axis. Mass m1 = 1.00 kg is at x = 1.00 m; mass m2 = 2.00 kg is at x = 2.00 m; and mass m3 = 3.00 kg is at x = 3.00 m. What is the total gravitational potential energy of this system?

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