Energy Diagram Example

Example for a soap-box cart that is pushed up a hill that it barely makes it over, comes down the other side to ground the same level, and then the brake is applied.

ME_{before push}= KE_after
push =
KE_{halfway up} + GPE_halfway
up = KE_{at top} + GPE_{at top} =
KE_{halfway down} + GPE_halfway
down = KE_{at bottom} =
KE_{applying break} + IE_{applying
break} = IE_stopped