Answer
In region AB, the block's kinetic energy is increasing.
Work Step by Step
As it travels down the friction-less ramp, the block's potential energy is converted to kinetic. It's total energy is unchanged, it is just shifted.
Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)
by Halliday, David; Resnick, Robert; Walker, Jearl
Published by
Wiley
ISBN 10:
1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13:
978-1-11823-072-5
Chapter 8 - Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy - Questions - Page 201: 5a
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