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Posted by dee on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 9:22pm.

A student is skateboarding down a ramp that is 6.88 m long and inclined at 16.9 degrees with respect to the horizontal. The initial speed of the skateboarder at the top of the ramp 2.54 m/s. Neglect friction and find the speed at the bottom of the ramp in m/s.

physics - PhysicsPro, Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 9:29pm
Find the real height, rather than the slant height. Use Sin Cos or Tan. Plug that value into PE=mgh solve for PE.
PE=KE
KE=1/2mv^2
Solve for v

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