ou and your friend, who weighs the same as you, want to go to the top of the Eif

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ou and your friend, who weighs the same as you, want to go to the top of the Eiffel ower. Your friend takes the elevator straight up. You decide to walk up the spiral tairway, taking longer to do so. Compare the gravitational potential energy of you and your friend, after you both reach the top. It is impossible to tell, since the times you both took are unknown. B) It is impossible to tell, since the distances you both traveled are unknown. C) Your friend's gravitational potential energy is greater than yours, because he got to th top faster. A) Both of you have the same amount of gravitational potential energy at the top. E) Your gravitational potential energy is greater than that of your friend, because you

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Option D is correct.

Gravitational potential energy only depends on the height from the ground. It does not matter how you moved, what path you took or how much time you have taken, the only thing that matters is height.
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

So finally you and your friend will be at the top and at the same height, so both of you have same potential energy.

Option D is correct.

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