Can someone please explain: A man with a mass of 65kg skis down a frictionless hillthat is 5.0m high. At the bottom of the hill the terrain levelsout. As the man reaches the horizontal section, he grabs a 20-kgbackpack and skis off a 2.0 m high ledge. At what horizontaldistance from the edge of the ledge does the man land? Thank you! Can someone please explain: A man with a mass of 65kg skis down a frictionless hillthat is 5.0m high. At the bottom of the hill the terrain levelsout. As the man reaches the horizontal section, he grabs a 20-kgbackpack and skis off a 2.0 m high ledge. At what horizontaldistance from the edge of the ledge does the man land? Thank you!
Explanation / Answer
?A . ..._ ....._ ........--_ .............---??_B ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦.......--_ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦............-_C ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ The man from point A has a PE converted to KE at point B PE = KE mgH == ½mVf ² - ½mVi ²