Potential energy is stored energy. Potential energy is the energy that exists by virtue of the relative positions (configurations) of the objects within a physical system. This form of energy has the ...

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Potential energy is the energy stored of position by an object. It is a type of energy that can be converted to other forms and related to some attractive or pushing forces. Gravitational potential ...