Potential Energy

Here is the graph of Cam’s potential energy versus time. As you can see the potential energy graph shows peaks and dips over time. At the beginning of Cam’s motion where he is at the top of the swing’s period the potential energy is at its highest. Also the potential energy peaks again when Cam leaves the swing at the other end of the swing’s period. Another interesting note to keep in mind is that energy is conserved. When comparing the two energy graphs you can see that the peaks of the kinetic energy graph are also the dips of the potential energy graph.