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Question:

Two cars are raised to the same elevation on service-station lifts.?

If one car is 2x‘s as massive as the other, how do their potential energies compare?

Answer:

Potential energy of smallre car m*g*h bigger car 2 m*g*h so the bigger car has 2 times potential energy of the smaller car
potential energy is m*g*h
the one with more mass has more potential energy, because gravity is acting on each with differing force due to the difference in mass.

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