How does work relate to gravitational potential energy?

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Aritra G.
Jul 26, 2015

The work done by an external agent in taking a mass from infinity to a point in a gravitational field is the gravitational potential energy of the mass at that point.

In the earth it is given as, #U = mgh# where symbols have their usual meanings,

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