Consider a 12.5 kg baby tiger in a tree has 490 J of gravitational potential energy. Determine the height of the tiger above the ground?

Explanation:

Gravitational potential energy can be found using the following formula:

where m is the mass, g is the gravitational acceleration, and h is the height.

The mass of the tiger is 12.5 kilograms. The gravitational acceleration on Earth is 9.8 m/s².

Substitute the values into the formula.

Multiply 12.5 kg and 9.8 m/s²

Since we are trying to solve for h, we must isolate it. Since h is being multiplied by 122.5, we must divide both sides by that number because the inverse of division is the inverse of multiplication.

Note that when dividing, the kg*m/s² will cancel each other out, but a m (meter) will be left.

The tiger was 4 meters above the ground.

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