A 61.4-kg skier coasts up a snow-covered hill that makes an angle of 21.4° with the horizontal. The initial speed of the skier is 9.34 m/s. After coasting a distance of 2.40 m up the slope, the speed of the skier is 3.09 m/s. (a) Find the work done by the kinetic frictional force that acts on the skis. (b) What is the magnitude of the kinetic frictional force? (a) Number (b) Number M Units Units <

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A 61.4-kg skier coasts up a snow-covered hill that makes an angle of 21.4° with the horizontal. The initial speed of the skier is 9.34 m/s.
After coasting a distance of 2.40 m up the slope, the speed of the skier is 3.09 m/s. (a) Find the work done by the kinetic frictional force
that acts on the skis. (b) What is the magnitude of the kinetic frictional force?
(a) Number
(b) Number
i
M
Units
Units
<
Transcribed Image Text:A 61.4-kg skier coasts up a snow-covered hill that makes an angle of 21.4° with the horizontal. The initial speed of the skier is 9.34 m/s. After coasting a distance of 2.40 m up the slope, the speed of the skier is 3.09 m/s. (a) Find the work done by the kinetic frictional force that acts on the skis. (b) What is the magnitude of the kinetic frictional force? (a) Number (b) Number i M Units Units <
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