If a large truck and a small two-door car are both traveling 60 miles per hour down the highway, the large truck would have more kinetic energy as compared to the small two-door car because the large truck has far greater mass than the car as the velocities are same for both the vehicles
What is mechanical energy?
As total mechanical energy is the sum of all the kinetic as well as potential energy stored in the system.
ME = KE + PE
The total kinetic energy is given by the formula
KE = 1/2mv²
As given in the problem A large truck and a small two-door car are both traveling 60 miles per hour down the highway
The large truck would have more kinetic energy than the small two-door car if they were traveling at the same speed of 60 mph down the highway because the large truck is much heavier than the car despite the fact that their speeds are the same.
Thus, The large truck would have more kinetic energy than the small two-door car
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