Answer
Please see the work below.
Work Step by Step
We can find the required energy as
$K.E=0.17\times 500\times 3000=2.6\times 10^5J$
To find the height, we know that in the given scenario
$K.E=P.E$
$2.6\times 10^5=mgh$
This simplifies to :
$h=9.8\times 10^2m$
