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A girl of mass 35kg climbs up from the first floor of a building at a height 4m above the ground to the third floor at a height 12m above the ground. What will be the increase in her gravitational potential energy? (g=10ms2).

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Gravitational potential energy at Ist floor =mgh1
=35×10×4=1400J
Potential energy at third floor =mgh2
=35×10×12=4200J
Increase in potential energy =42001400
=2800J

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