On March 10, 2020, Corrections Officer Bryant Greene booked Mr. Dennis Evan Oates into jail number 409. Booking time was logged at 2:45 p. m. Mr. Oates, a 5’9”, 180 lbs. white male, was charged with assault in the first degree and human trafficking in the second degree. Mr. Oates, born on May 29, 1988, has black hair and brown eyes; he has no known alias. Mr. Oates was denied bond and is now serving a federal sentence of ten years. Mr. Oates is considered to be an escape risk. His case has been filed under number 81-0642-03, and he has been assigned cell number 361. On June 23, 2020 at 10:45 a. m., Mr. Oates was released to the County Courthouse to testify in a trial. During his move from the jail to the courthouse, Mr. Oates’ behavior became uncooperative, and he was returned to his jail cell.

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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)