An object that is 0.5 m above the ground has the same
amount of potential energy as a spring that is stretched 0.5
m. Each distance is then doubled.
How will the potential energies of the object and the spring
compare after the distances are doubled?
The gravitational potential energy of the object will be
two times greater than the elastic potential energy of the
spring
The elastic potential energy of the spring will be four
times greater than the gravitational potential energy of
the object
The elastic potential energy of the spring will be two
times greater than the gravitational potential energy of
the object
The potential energies will remain equal to one another