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This is resolved. Thanks to CWatters. Professor forgot to mention that he wasn't expecting a numerical answer, but instead, he wanted us to express the normal force in terms of mass (no need to find the magnitude of the mass). That made this a 5-minute question instead of a many-hour question.

Homework Statement A photo of this problem is available at: http://imgur.com/l5lnI56 (the visual is needed to understand the question) Problem text: A ski jump training hill can be thought of as featuring a near vertical plunge followed by a gradually decreasing (in magnitude) slope...