MOTION DOWN A HILL

1 A hillside is covered with snow. A skier is travelling down the hill.

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The table below gives the values of the acceleration of the skier at various heights above the
bottom of the hill.

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height / m 350 250 150 50

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 (a) On Fig. 1.2, plot the values given in the table, using dots in circles.

Draw the best curve for these points. [2]

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(b) Describe what is happening, during the descent, to

(i) the acceleration of the skier,

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(ii) the speed of the skier.

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(c) The acceleration becomes zero before the skier reaches the bottom of the hill.

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Use ideas about forces to suggest why this happens.

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(d) Below a height of 50 m, further measurements show that the acceleration of the skier has a
negative value.
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What does this mean is happening to the speed of the skier in the last 50 m?
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(e) The skier has a mass of 60 kg.

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Calculate the resultant force on the skier at a height of 250 m.

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resultant force = ......................................................... [3]

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