Question

In the winter activity of tubing, riders slide down snow covered slopes while sitting on large inflated rubber tubes. To get to the top of the slope, a rider and his tube, with a total mass of 90 kg , are pulled at a constant speed by a tow rope that maintains a constant tension of 310 N .

How much thermal energy is created in the slope and the tube during the ascent of a 30-mm-high, 120-mm-long slope?

Answer 1

if yin case your values of d and h are in mm, then answers is 10740 x10-3 J = 10.74 J