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Question by  marks (20)

What is mechanical energy?

 
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Answer by  Amber40 (24961)

That is a term for the total amount of potential energy add to the kinetic energy contained in a mechanical system.

 
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Answer by  ScienceTeacher (7)

Mechanical energy is the ability of an object to do work, or transfer energy over a distance. Sometimes, the ability to work is "potential," resulting from an object's position. Picture a baseball in the hand of a pitcher waiting to throw. As soon as it's released, the ball's mechanical energy takes a different form; it is in motion, or "kinetic. "

 
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