Peoples Physics Concepts

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 8. Energy Conservation

MA=

din

dout

din=MAdout

din= 4. 9 ∗3 m

din= 14 .7 m

Now we can just use the Pythagorean theorem to determine how far away from the stage the ramp should start.

a^2 +b^2 =c^2

b=

√

c^2 −a^2

b=

√

( 14 .7 m)^2 −(3 m)^2

b= 14 .4 m

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