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How to get energy of collision if you know force of gravity of an object($m \rightarrow F=mg$)?

How to get energy of collision if you know force of gravity of an object($m \rightarrow F=mg$)? You get energy of collision by kinetic energy $E_k= \frac{1}{2}mv^2$, but if you use just force of ...
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Kinetic Energy of Stone

If a stone is launched upward, of which is subject to gravity and air resistance, which of the following will have a greater kinetic energy? The stone at a point on its way up, or the stone at the ...
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Needed Energy For Lifting 200 kg weight

I'd like to learn how much energy I need to lift a 200 kilograms weight on normal earth conditions? For example how much electric power do we need? I'm not a physicist and not a student and this is ...
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Would the Moon drift away from the Earth due to extraction of tidal energy? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Why does the moon drift away from earth? It seems to me that, due to conservation of energy, the moon would drift away from the Earth if humans began extracting large amounts ...
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Calculating kinetic energy?

Would this be a valid equation to calculate kinetic energy created from a drop from a height: $$E_{kinetic} ~=~ v_{vertical}tmg$$ Velocity multiplied by time gives distance. Distance multiplied by ...
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