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A)a child of mass 35 kg movies down a sloping path on a skate board. the sloping path makes an angle 45 degree with the horizontal. the constant speed of the child along the path is 6.5 m/s. Calculate:
a) vertical dist through which child moves in 1.0s (done)
b) the rate at which potential energy is being lost (g=9.81 m/s^2) (confusion)
How is the answer to b) 80 J/s??
All I did was P = (35x9.81x0.51)/1 which gives answer 175 J/s (or 175 W)
vertical distance moved: sin(45)=6.5/dist
dist = 0.7071*6.5
dist = 4.596
B)
rate at which potential energy is lost is just the energy change in one sec (i.e. vertical dist change in part A)
p.e = mgh = 35*9.81*4.596
p.e. = 1578 J/s