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The potential energy of a freely falling object decreases progressively what do you understand by E_PDECREASING PROGRESSIVELY. Does this violate the law of conservation of energy

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No, it does not. This is because as the potential energy decreases progressively the velocity of the object increases.Hence the kinetic energy increases with decrease in potential energy and the total mechanical energy remains constant.

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