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If the Speed of a Body is Doubled, What Happens to Its Kinetic Energy?

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If the speed of a body is doubled, what happens to its kinetic energy?
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Solution

K .E, K = `1/2` mv²

If speed is doubled

K.E, K' = `1/2` m (2v2)

or K' = 4 x `1/2` mv2 = 4K

Thus K.E becomes four times.

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Chapter 1: Force, Work, Energy and Power - Exercise 1.5 i [Page 53]

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Frank Physics - Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 1 Force, Work, Energy and Power
Exercise 1.5 i | Q 7 | Page 53
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