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A ballon filled with helium rises agains...

A ballon filled with helium rises against gravity increasing its potential energy. the speed of the ballon also increases as it rises. How do you reconcile this with the law of conservation of mechanical energy ? You can neglect viscous drag of air and assume that density of air constant.

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