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What energy does a person sitting in a moving car have?

What energy does a person sitting in a moving car have?

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Bergeront Tiffney

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Answered Jan 28, 2021

A person sitting in a moving car will have a form of energy known as potential energy. The reason is that the body is at rest, even though the car is moving. Potential energy is a form of energy possessed by an object at rest.

When you sit in a car, you are not using the energy stored in you to make the car move, but rather you are moving with the speed of the car. On the other hand, the energy possessed by a moving car is known as kinetic energy. It refers to the energy possessed by an object because of its motion.

However, if the man decides to alight from the car and start moving towards any direction, the type of energy he possesses will no longer be potential energy but kinetic energy. Similarly, if a moving car stops, both the man and the car automatically have the same form of energy (potential energy).

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E. Reyes

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Answered Jan 21, 2021

The correct answer to this question is potential energy. The man in this car has this type of energy because he is not using any of his own energy to make the car move. Instead, it is the car that is moving the man. There are various elements that make the man move in the car.

These include the height of him in relation to the car, mass, and the gravity force. Another example of potential energy is the energy in gasoline that is in the car. The energy in the gasoline is stored energy, which helps make the car move.

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Answered Jan 21, 2021


The correct answer to this question is potential energy. This type of energy is stored energy. It is the energy that is dependent on the position of the system's parts. The man has potential energy because the man himself is at rest. The man in the car is not making any energy of his own.

The movement that makes the car move is the energy of the car. There are three main things that make the man in the car move. Those three things are the height of the main, the gravitational force that pulls him, and the mass of the car.

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Answered Jan 21, 2021

The correct answer to this question is Potential energy. The reason why the person sitting in the moving car has this type of energy is because he is only being moved by the cart itself. He is not using any of his own energy to make the car move, because he is sitting in the cart.

Another example of potential energy is A stretched rubber band. Though the rubber band is moving and being stretched out of its normal state, the rubber band is not using any energy to do this. Instead, it is the person using the rubber band that is using their energy to stretch it.

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Victoria Martian

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Answered Jan 19, 2021

The person sitting in a moving car has kinetic and potential energy. In physics, potential energy is held by an object because of its position relative to other objects. It is the latent energy in an object at rest. The actual potential energy of an object is dependent on another.

The kinetic energy of an item is the energy that it possesses due to its motion. It is defined as the work necessary to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its stated velocity. The body retains this kinetic energy unless it’s speed changes. Kinetic energy is the dynamism of motion, while potential energy is stored energy.

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H. Ruby

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Answered Jan 19, 2021

The type of energy that a man in a moving car will have is potential energy. This means that the energy is not moving and is just stored within the object. It will turn into kinetic energy once it starts moving. The amount of energy that will be available will depend on the man’s current position in the car.

Take note that there are different factors that will affect the level of potential energy that is available within an item. Now, since the man still has energy, when the car suddenly stops moving, this is the time when the energy that has been stored up (potential energy) will become obvious because the man will move forward.

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O. Bickis

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Answered Jan 14, 2021

A man moving in a moving car actually has potential energy, though the car has kinetic energy. The energy that acts on an object in motion is what is simply referred to as kinetic energy, while the energy that is acting on a body at rest is referred to as potential energy. Therefore, since the man is at rest, the energy acting on him is potential energy, and since the vehicle is doing the movement, the energy that is acted on it is the kinetic energy.

The man is not exerting any effort or energy to make the car move, it is the car that is conveying the man. The two major parameters that are to be considered with respect to the energy acting on the vehicle are the mass and velocity. Velocity actually deals with motion, which is the ratio of displacement to time. As for the man sitting in the car, the parameters to be considered with respect to the energy acting on him are his mass, gravity force, and probably height.

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M.Usama

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Answered Dec 08, 2017

Both kinetic and potential energy
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