A shopper in a supermarket takes a box of sugar from a shelf that is 1.5 m high because he is going to bake some muffins. He also needs to get some blueberries. The sugar has a weight of 5N. What Potential Energy did the sugar have before it was taken from the shelf?

Ahot-air balloon takes off from the ground traveling vertically with a constant upward acceleration of magnitude g/4. after time interval δt, a crew member releases a ballast sandbag from the basket attached to the balloon. how many seconds does it take the sandbag to reach the ground? (express your answer in terms of δt)