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miranda82
Oct12-04, 01:41 PM
The problem is A 54.0 kg. skateboarder starts out with a speed of 1.90 m/s. He does +80.0 J of work on himself by pushing with his feet against the ground. In addition, friction does -265 J of work on him. In both cases, the forces doing the work are nonconservative. The final speed of the skateboarder is 5.90 m/s.
(a) Calculate the change (PE = PEf - PE0) in the gravitational potential energy?
J
(b) How much has the vertical height of the skater changed?
m
(c) Is the skater above or below the starting point?
above the starting point or
below the starting point ?