Sunday, August 7, 2011

Need help with this work and energy problem?

Fritz Strobl thrilled the world when he won the gold medal in the Salt Lake City games of 2002 in a daring run down an alpine skiing course. The course had a vertical drop of 880 meters. ume his highest speed was 140 km/h, and that he was moving at that speed at the end. (a) How fast would he have been moving if he could have "ignored" forces like air resistance and friction? (b) How much energy did he lose to forces like air resistance, friction, and so forth (ume his m is 80 kg, and express the answer as a positive number)?

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