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Find the kinetic energy of a 3000 kg object moving at 10 m/s: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step work, energy and power video lesson with captions. Final answer: kinetic energy KE = 150000 J.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.3 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

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1. The problem
Worked example
Find the kinetic energy of a 3000 kg object moving at 10 m/s.
2. Step by step
1. $KE = \tfrac12mv^2$
  Formula: kinetic energy
2. $KE = \tfrac12\,(3000\ \text{kg})\cdot (10\ \text{m/s})^2 = 150000\ \text{J}$
  Substitute the known values
3. The answer
$\text{kinetic energy KE = 150000 J}$
kinetic energy KE = 150000 J
4. Check
- Substituted every value back into the formula: both sides agree ✓

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: Find the kinetic energy of a 3000 kg object moving at 10 m/s. Use the kinetic energy formula, rearranged for the unknown, in SI units.

Step by step. Formula: kinetic energy. Substitute the known values.

The answer. So the answer is kinetic energy KE equals 150000 J. Kinetic energy grows with the square of speed: doubling v multiplies KE by four. It is never negative, and the speed found from KE is a magnitude.

Check. Substituted every value back into the formula: both sides agree, which checks out.

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Find the kinetic energy of a 3000 kg object moving at 10 m/s