The ‘Jurahnimo Falls’ water slide at Six Flags New England in
Agawam, MA has a height of 23.2 meters. Because the slide is not
completely vertical the total length of the slide is 31.4 meters). A 68.8
kg NSCC Physics I student slides down this slide starting from rest.
If the slide is frictionless, what should the student’s velocity be at the
bottom of the slide in meters / second?
It turns out that there really was friction between the slide and the
Physics student. If the velocity of the student at the bottom of the
slide was really 15.7 m/s, how much energy was converted to Thermal
Energy by friction in this problem
Given your answer in part b), what must the magnitude of the
Friction force have been? You may assume that the friction force
remained constant and in opposite direction throughout the slide’s
total length.