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.