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Question
A car is accelerated on a levelled road and attains a velocity 4 times of its initial velocity. In this process the potential energy of the car
Options
does not change
becomes twice to that of initial
becomes 4 times that of initial
becomes 16 times that of initial
Solution
does not change
Explanation:
In the given process, the potential energy of the car does not change as it does not depend on velocity.
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