Ice has a specific heat of 2090 j/(kg c) and water has a specific heat of 4186 j/(kg c). water has a latent heat of fusion of 3.3x10^5 j/k and a latent heat of vaporization of 2.26x10^6 j/k. a 10 kg block of ice begins at -60 degrees c and is slowly heated until the entire mass is boiled to steam. how much energy is required to bring the ice to steam with a temperature of 100 degrees c?

The figure is missing but we can answer anyway.the correct answer is "releasing the string". in fact, when the person is holding the bow and the arrow, the kinetic energy of the arrow is still zero (because the arrow is not moving). the moment the arrow is released, it acquires a velocity v, so its kinetic energy will become different from zero: where m is the mass of the arrow and v its velocity.  all the other options, instead, do not increase the kinetic energy of the system: -  pulling farther back on the string : this will just increase the elastic potential energy of the system-  holding the arrow higher: this will increase the gravitational potential energy of the system (which is given by u=mgh, where h is the height above the ground)-  decreasing the mass of the arrow: this will decrease the gravitational potential energy of the system (which is given by u=mgh, where m is the mass)