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If the height of falling water is increased, more electrical power can be generated in a hydroelectric power plant. Why?

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More water molecules dissociate into lons.
( b) Temperature of water increases
(c] Larger amount of potential energy [P = mgh] is converted into kinetic energy.
(d) The electricity content of water increases with height.
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