Can you shed light on this ...

Take one clock spring and wind it up, thereby storing potential energy in the spring.

Drop the spring into a bath of acid that will dissolve the metal of the spring.

Where does the stored energy go

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TJNewton · M

1 Average speed = 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛
=
1600 𝑚
20 𝑥 60 𝑠
= 1.3 m s-1
2 Time = 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑
=
200 𝑚
8.0 𝑚 𝑠−1
= 25 s
3 metres per second, per second; m s
–2
4 Speed is a scalar quantity. It is the distance travelled (in any direction) divided by the time taken. Velocity is
a vector quantity. It is the distance travelled in a specific direction divided by the time taken.