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A pile driver drivers posts into the groubd the by repeatedly dropping a heavy object on then .Assume the object is dropped from the same height each time .By what factor does the energy of th pile driver - Earth systen change when the mass of the object being droped is bouled ?

A

`(1)/(2)`

B

`1:`The energy of the same

C

`2`

D

`4`

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Gravitational energy is proporional to the mass of the object as the Earth's field.
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