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A 80 kg skier grips a moving rope that is powered by an engine and is pulled at constant speed to the top of a 25 degree hill. The skier is pulled a distance x = 230m along the incline and it takes 2.3 min to reach the top of the hill. If the coefficient...

A 66 kg skier starts from rest at the top of a 1200 m long trail which drops a total of 180 m from top to bottom. At the bottom, the skier is moving 11.0 m/s. How much energy was dissipated by friction?

Two Earth satellites, A and B, each of mass m = 960 kg, are launched into circular orbits around the Earth's center. Satellite A orbits at an altitude of 4500 km, and satellite B orbits at an altitude of 13600 km. a) What are the potential energies of the...