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The potential energy of a freely falling object decrease progressively. Does this violate the law of conservation of energy? Why?

It does not violate the law of conservation of energy. Whatever, is the decrease in Potential energy due to loss of height, same is the increase in the Kinetic energy due to increase in velocity of the body.


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