Physics 211
Lecture 6
Video Problem 3

Video Demonstration
Running time 3 mins, 43 seconds



 

Lecture 6, #3

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

A novice skier (mass 50 kg) begins her downhill run on the bunny slope (inclined a gentle 10° above the horizontal), starting from rest. She doesn’t know that the bunny slope she is going down is not smooth at all, but very rough because a herd of rogue reindeer has just been playing freeze tag. After traveling a distance of 25 m along the hill, she is going at a speed of 5 m/s.

Determine the work done by non-conservative forces.