When an arrow is shot from its bow,it has kinetic energy. From where does it get the kinetic energy?

  • A
    From the muscular energy of the archer.
  • B
    From the potential energy stored in the stretched bow.
  • C
    From the chemical energy of the arrow.
  • D
    From the gravitational potential energy of the bow.

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