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The work-energy theorem (6-9)

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Kinetic energy of the object before the work is done on it

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This says that if an object starts at rest so that its initial kinetic energy Ki is zero, the more work the net force on an object does, the greater the final kinetic energy Kf of the object. In principle, there is no limit to how much kinetic energy an object can acquire.