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 ===== Types of Potential Energy =====
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+[[183_notes:potential_energy|Potential energy]] is the energy associated with interactions between pairs of objects. In these notes, you will read about two particular types of potential energy: the energy associated with the gravitational interaction and the energy associated with a spring-mass system.
 ==== (Near Earth) Gravitational Potential Energy ====
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 Dissipative forces such as friction and air drag are non-conservative forces. The path that an object takes matters very much when non-conservative forces are present. Moreover, these dissipative forces cannot be associated with any construct like potential energy.
+==== Examples ====
+  * [[183_notes:examples:sledding|Sledding down a hill]]
+  * [[183_notes:examples:the_jumper|The Jumper]]