A hockey puck sliding on smooth ice at 4 m/s comes to a 1-m-high hill. Will it make it to the top of the hill? 4 m/s 1 m

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A hockey puck sliding on smooth ice at 4 m/s comes to a 1-m-high hill. Will it
make it to the top of the hill?
4 m/s
1 m
Yes
No
O Need to know the mass of the puck to answer
Justify your answer.
Transcribed Image Text:A hockey puck sliding on smooth ice at 4 m/s comes to a 1-m-high hill. Will it make it to the top of the hill? 4 m/s 1 m Yes No O Need to know the mass of the puck to answer Justify your answer.
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The kinetic energy is given by 

K = 0.5 mv2 

The potential energy is given by 

U = m g h 

where, m is the mass, g is the gravity and h is the height. 

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