A 0.10g flea, having lept from the surface of a dog’s cranium, is observed to be moving at 1.25m/s when it is 5.00cm above the position from which it leapt. What was the elastic potential energy stored in its legs before its leap?

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.


f.

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What will be an ideal response?

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