A 51.8-kg skateboarder starts out with a speed of 2.28 m/s. He does 105 J of work on himself by pushing with his feet against the ground. In addition, friction does -251 J of work on him. In both cases, the forces doing the work are non-conservative. The final speed of the skateboarder is 6.36 m/s. (a) Calculate the change (PEf - PE0) in the gravitational potential energy. (b) How much has the vertical height of the skater changed? Give the absolute value.
First add the work done by all the forces and equate with change in potential and kinetic energy according to work energy theorem .
This change in potential energy must equate with the mg ∆ h to find the change in height.
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