The juggling skateboarder is back outside my office! He starts with a speed of of 3.0 m/s at a height ten meters above lake level, and then rolls down Campus Drive. Assuming that the effects of friction were negligible, how fast should he be moving when he is just two meters above lake level?

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The juggling skateboarder is back outside my office! He starts with a speed of of 3.0 m/s at a height ten meters above lake level, and then rolls down Campus Drive. Assuming that the effects of friction were negligible, how fast should he be moving when he is just two meters above lake level?

 
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