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Question
A car is accelerated on a levelled road and acquires a velocity 4 times of its initial velocity. During this process, the potential energy of the car :
Options
does not change
becomes twice that of initial potential energy
becomes 4 times that of initial potential energy
becomes 16 times that of initial potential energy
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Solution
Potential energy of an object depends only on its position above the ground and mass.. So, the potential energy of a car traveling on a levelled road does not change.
Therefore, the answer is,
(a) does not change
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