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You are traveling on the Viper at 18.4 m/s on a hill 35.1 m high. The Viper drops you suddenly to a second hill that is 22.5 m high. How fast are you going now?

 Apr 16, 2014
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Assuming the sum of kinetic and potential energy is conserved, that is (1/2)mv12 + mgh1 = (1/2)mv22 + mgh2 then (1/2)v22 = (1/2)v12 +g*(h1-h2)  or v2 = sqrt(v12+2*g*(h1-h2))

$${\sqrt{{{\mathtt{18.4}}}^{{\mathtt{2}}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{9.81}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}\left({\mathtt{35.1}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{22.5}}\right)}} = {\mathtt{24.202\: \!727\: \!119\: \!066\: \!561\: \!9}}$$

or approximately 24.2 m/s

 Apr 16, 2014

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