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3.4 Conservation of Energy

Section 1 of 4

Single-Object Systems

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If a system only has 1 object, the only energy it can have is kinetic energy. The system’s kinetic energy can change due to a non-zero net external work, which is described in the work-energy theorem

{W_{net}= \Delta K}

. This amount of energy the work will transfer into the system is exactly how much the system’s kinetic energy will change by.

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