Adam and Bobby are twins who have the same weight. Adam drops to the ground from a tree at the same time that Bobby begins his descent down a frictionless slide. If they both start at the same height above the ground, how do their kinetic energies compare when they hit the ground? a. Bobby has twice the kinetic energy as Adam More information is required to compare their kinetic energies. b. Adam has greater kinetic energy than Bobby. c. They have the same kinetic energy. d. Bobby has greater kinetic energy than Adam.

Respuesta :

Answer:c

Explanation:

it is given that Adam and Boby starts from same height so their total Energy at top is [tex]T_t[/tex]

[tex](T_{top})_a=[/tex]Potential Energy of Adam

[tex](T_{top})_b=[/tex]Potential Energy of boby

when they fall a height h their speed at bottom will be

[tex]v=\sqrt{2gh}[/tex]

which will be same for both Adam and Boby

Energy at bottom

[tex](T_b)_a=[/tex]Kinetic Energy of Adam

[tex](T_b)_b=[/tex]Kinetic Energy of boby

Since velocity is same therefore kinetic Energy is same for Adam and boby

thus option c is correct