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Select the situations from the list below in which mechanical energy is conserved.
A ball sliding down a hill with friction.
The Moon orbiting the Earth.
A ball sliding down a frictionless hill.
A child swinging on a frictionless swing, ignoring air resistance.
A ball that is dropped from a certain height and bounces back to a lower height.
An ice skater gliding along the ice.
Someone else posted this but the answer isn't correct.
Mechanical energy is the sum of the potential and
kinetic energies in a system. The principle of the conservation of
mechanical energy states that the total mechanical energy in a
system (i.e., the sum of the potential plus kinetic energies)
remains constant as long as the only forces acting are conservative
forces.
Friction is a non-conservative force. Therefore whenever Friction
is present, Mechanical Energy is not conserved.