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Recap - Stunt Ramp

Part of the Mechanics section of Coddy's Physics journey. Lesson 95 of 97.

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Challenge

A stunt rider and her motorbike, 100 kg100\ \mathrm{kg} together, roll from rest down a curved ramp with the engine off, and must leave its edge at 15 m/s15\ \mathrm{m/s} to reach the landing platform. Friction and air take 1000 J1000\ \mathrm{J} of energy on the way down; on the last flat stretch before the edge they push back on the rider with 200 N200\ \mathrm{N} together. The picture shows the rider twice: at the start and on that flat stretch. Draw the forces on the rider on the flat stretch, then find the height hh of the start above the edge.

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Physics diagram: path, cart, vec; arrows v = 15 m/s

Solve for hh

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