Gravitational potential energy at initial and final point

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A 1.0 kg book initially at rest falls from a height of 1.5 mto the floor.

A) Does the gravitational potential energy at the initial and final points depend upon the location of the origin of the coordinate system?
B) Does the change in gravitational potential energy dependupon the location of the origin of the coordinate system?

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