Mechanical Energy
Mechanical energy explained in an easy to understand way:
Imagine you're trying to balance your monthly budget between spending and saving. This is similar to how mechanical energy works, as it combines two different forms, kinetic energy (like your immediate spending) and potential energy (like your savings). Just as you need to manage both your expenses and savings to maintain financial stability, mechanical energy is the sum of an object's kinetic energy (its motion) and potential energy (its stored energy), ensuring the total energy remains constant in a system.
Practice Version
Mechanical Energy: The sum of the kinetic and the potential energy of an object. Mechanical energy. In simple terms, mechanical energy is the energy that an object has because of its motion or position.