A child is rolling a ball down a slide to his friend. The ball has a mass of 3 kg, and the slope of the slide has an angle of 38 degrees. If the friction coefficient between the slide and the ball is .5  A) what is the acceleration of the ball in m/s2 ? B) When the ball travels 2 meters what will its speed be?

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A child is rolling a ball down a slide to his friend. The ball has a mass of 3 kg, and the slope of the slide has an angle of 38 degrees. If the friction coefficient between the slide and the ball is .5  A) what is the acceleration of the ball in m/s2 ? B) When the ball travels 2 meters what will its speed be?

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