Tuesday 6 January 2009

Kinetic energy

This is the energy that an object has when it is moving.

You can calculate knietic energy like this:

kinetic energy = 1/2 x mass x speed x speed

For example:

A 500kg car is travelling at 10 m/s.

kinetic energy = 1/2 x 500 x 10 x 10 = 25000 Joules

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