A 34 kg bear slides, from rest, 11 m down a lodgepole pine tree, moving with a speed of 4.5 m/s just before hitting the ground. (a) Whatchange occurs in the gravitational potential energy of the bear-Earth system during the slide? (b) What is the kinetic energy of the bearjust before hitting the ground? (c) What is the average frictional force that acts on the sliding bear?(a) Number(b) Number(c) Numbere Textbook and MediaUnitsUnitsUnits

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