A hydroelectric power facility (see Figure 7.38) converts the gravitational potential energy of water behind a dam

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A hydroelectric power facility (see Figure 7.38) converts the gravitational potential energy of water behind a dam to electric energy. 

(a) What is the gravitational potential energy relative to the generators of a lake of volume 50.0 km3 (mass = 5.00 × 1013 kg), given that the lake has an average height of 40.0 m above the generators? 

(b) Compare this with the energy stored in a 9-megaton fusion bomb.

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Marketing An Introduction

ISBN: 978-0133581584

5th Canadian edition

Authors: Philip Kotler, Valerie Trifts, Lilly Gary Armstrong

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