If a 40,000g cannon ball is 35m above the Earth’s surface, how much potential energy does the cannon ball have?

Step-by-step explanation:

Remark

You could do this by converting the distance but the much more common way is to use kg and m.

Formula

PE = m * g * h

Givens

m = 40000 grams

m = 40000 grams * 1kg/1000 grams = 40 kg

g = 9.81

h = 35 m

Solution

PE = 40 * 9.81 * 35

PE = 13734 Joules

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.

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