Figure 4 shows a football kicked against a wall - Edexcel - GCSE Physics Combined Science - Question 2 - 2023 - Paper 1

To find the height, we can rearrange the equation for gravitational potential energy:

$\Delta GPE = m \times g \times \Delta h$

Therefore,

$\Delta h = \frac{\Delta GPE}{m \times g}$

Substituting the given values, we have:

• (\Delta GPE = 11 , J)
• (m = 0.42 , kg)
• (g = 10 , N/kg)

Thus,

$\Delta h = \frac{11}{0.42 \times 10}$ $\Delta h = \frac{11}{4.2} \approx 2.62 \, m$

Rounding this gives a height of approximately (2.6 , m).