A skier leaves the ramp of a ski jump with a velocity of 10.0 m/s, 15.0° above the horizontal, as in Figure P4.67. The slope is inclined at 50.0°, and air resistance is negligible. Find
(a) the distance from the ramp to where the jumper lands and
(b) the velocity components just before the landing. (How do you think the results might be affected if air resistance were included? Note that jumpers lean forward in the shape of an airfoil, with their hands at their sides, to increase their distance. Why does this work?)

 

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10.0 m/s 15.0 50.0° Figure P4.67 10.0 m/s 15.0 50.0° Figure P4.67

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a Measured from the end of the ramp the skier lands a distance d down the slope at time t vxitdc... View the full answer