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Homework Statement
A 64.9-kg skier coasts up a snow-covered hill that makes an angle of 23.4 ° with the horizontal. The initial speed of the skier is 8.95 m/s. After coasting a distance of 2.31 m up the slope, the speed of the skier is 4.40 m/s. (a) Find the work done by the kinetic frictional force that acts on the skis. (b) What is the magnitude of the kinetic frictional force?
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Homework Equations
W=FX 2K=mv^2 a=(v^2-v0^2)/2x
The Attempt at a Solution
for (b) i used f=ma-mg sinθ,
or 1/2mv^2-1/2mv0^2-mgxsinθ for (a),
but neither was right...