Question: 8 Energy Conservation: Problem 1 0 ( 1 point ) Sometimes, steep roads going down have a small safety road by the side that goes

8 Energy Conservation: Problem 10
(1 point)
Sometimes, steep roads going down have a small safety road by the side that goes up, which vehicules can use in an emergency, to slow down. A 5556.8 kg truck has lost its brakes coming down a mountain. Fortunately, there is a ramp of thick gravel inclined at 14 degrees that the driver can use to stop the truck. The truck hits the ramp moving at 29.8ms and then travels 26.6 meters up the ramp before it comes to a stop. What work is done by the gravel to stop the truck?
There is of work done by the gravel.
8 Energy Conservation: Problem 1 0 ( 1 point )

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