Suppose you slowly lift a book from the floor and put it on a table. Which of the following energy transformations best describes the overall process?

A) kinetic to gravitational
B) kinetic to chemical
C) gravitational to chemical
D) chemical to gravitational
E) thermal to gravitational


D

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