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The energy of the ski lift at the base is kinetic energy:
where m is the mass of the ski lift+the people carried, and
is velocity at the base.
As long as the ski lift goes upward, its velocity decreases and its kinetic energy converts into potential energy. Eventually, when it reaches the top, its final velocity is v=0, so no kinetic energy is left and it has all converted into gravitational potential energy, which is
where
and h is the height at the top of the hill.
So, since the total energy must conserve, we have
and so
from which we find the height:
Absolute zero is not about numbers. It's about temperature, and the
motion of molecules in gases.
You know that the temperature we feel with our skin is the result of the
average speed of all the tiny molecules zipping around or vibrating in
the solid, liquid, or gas.
The faster they're all moving, the warmer the substance feels to us.
The slower they're all moving, the cooler the substance feels to us.
When molecules slow down to zero and lose all of their kinetic energy,
that temperature is what we call 'absolute zero' ... if they're not moving
at all, then they can't move any slower.
1,000 grams = 1 kilogram
20 grams = 0.02 kilogram
Kinetic energy = (1/2) (mass) x (speed)²
(1/2) (0.02) x (15)² =
(0.01) x (225) = 2.25 joules