Answer to Question #328362 in Physics for Jia

Question

How much potential energy will you have staying at the 4rth floor of the

engineering building?

Note; use your own weight (38 kg), assume that every floor has 8ft distance and 1N = 5.23kg.

Answers must be in terms of “Joules.”

Answer 1

$$E_p=mgh\\ =\rm 38\; kg*9.8\: N/kg*3*8*0.3048\: m=2724\: J$$