38. Given four boxes of weights 8.00 N, 8.00 N, 2.00 N, and 9.00 N. There are three shelves of heights 1 m, 2 m and 3 m above the floor in your bedroom. How can the boxes be placed on the shelves so that the total gravitational potential energy of the all the boxes relative to the floor is 57.0 J?   a. 8.00 N at 2.00 m, 8.00 N at 1.00 m, 2.00 N at 3.00 m, 9.00 N at 3.00 m   b. 8.00 N at 1.00 m, 8.00 N at 3.00 m, 2.00 N at 2.00 m, 9.00 N at 3.00 m

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38. Given four boxes of weights 8.00 N, 8.00 N, 2.00 N, and 9.00 N. There are three shelves of heights 1 m, 2 m and 3 m above the floor in your bedroom. How can the boxes be placed on the shelves so that the total gravitational potential energy of the all the boxes relative to the floor is 57.0 J?
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8.00 N at 2.00 m, 8.00 N at 1.00 m, 2.00 N at 3.00 m, 9.00 N at 3.00 m
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8.00 N at 1.00 m, 8.00 N at 3.00 m, 2.00 N at 2.00 m, 9.00 N at 3.00 m
 

 

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