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At an amusement park, a swimmer uses a water slide to enter the main pool. If...

At an amusement park, a swimmer uses a water slide to enter the main pool. If the swimmer starts at rest, slides without friction, and descends through vertical height of 2.31 m up to the bottom of the slide, what is her speed (a) at the middle of the slide? and (b) at the bottom of the slide?

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As the swimmer slides down, potential energy is being converted to kinetic energy

(a)At the middle of the slide, the swimmer will have covered a vertical height of 1.155m

(a)ANSWER:

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(b)At the bottom of the slide, the swimmer will have covered a vertical height of 2.31m

(b)ANSWER:

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