The superheroine Xanaxa, who has a mass of 65.1 kg , is pursuing the 78.7 kg archvillain Lexlax. She leaps from the ground to the top of a 153 m high building then dives off it and comes to rest at the bottom of a 17.5 m deep excavation where she finds Lexlax and neutralizes him. Does all this bring about a net gain or a net loss of gravitational potential energy

There is net loss of gravitational energy .

Explanation:

When Xanaxa is on the ground , her potential energy is assumed to be zero . When she leaps to a height of 153 m , she gains gravitational energy . When she dives and reaches the surface , she loses potential energy and on reaching the ground her potential energy becomes zero . When she further goes down inside ground to a depth of 17.5 m , she loses potential energy further . Her potential energy becomes less than zero or negative .

Ultimately her potential energy changes from zero to negative in the whole process . So there is net loss of potential energy .

i feel your pain too because i cant find my dad and hes been missing for 17 years of my life

explanation:

he went to the supermarket with your dad

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.