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A spring gun is loaded with a rubber dart; the gun is cocked, and then fired at a target on the ceiling. Which of the following energy transformations took place after the dart was fired?

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A-kinetic energy to gravitational potential energy

B-elastic potential energy to kinetic energy

C- gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy

D-kinetic energy to elastic potential energy

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Answer:(A) kinetic energy to gravitational potential energy.

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Just after the dart was fired it has acquired kinetic energy and as it moves upward the kinetic energy changes to gravitational potential energy.

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