A skier is accelerating down a 30 degree hill at 3 m/s. (a) What is the vertical component of her acceleration? (b) How long will it take her to reach the bottom of the hill, assuming she starts from rest d and accelerates uniformly, if the elevation is 300 m? a = 3 m/s? a) a, = 1.5 m/s? b) t = 20 s 300 m 30°

A skier is accelerating down a 30 degree hill at 3 m/s. (a) What is the vertical component of her acceleration? (b) How long will it take her to reach the bottom of the hill, assuming she starts from rest d and accelerates uniformly, if the elevation is 300 m? a = 3 m/s? a) a, = 1.5 m/s? b) t = 20 s 300 m 30°

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