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Old Tue Jan 06, 2015, 12:49am
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Originally Posted by frezer11 View Post
Assuming we can ignore the work done by non-conservative forces here (I.e. friction) then the amount of gravitational potential energy the rim transfers to the floor is given by mgh, using a mass in kilograms and a height in meters, of course.
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