A sled and rider have a total mass of 61.0 kg. They are on a snowy hill. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled and the snow is 0.155. The angle of the hill's slope measured upward from the horizontal is 21.0°. What is the acceleration of the rider? m/s? Is the acceleration greater, less than, or equal to your result if a more massive rider uses the same sled on the same hill? Explain. O Greater than: the acceleration scales according to the mass of the rider. O Greater than: the acceleration scales according to the ratio of the masses of the rider and sled. O Less than: the acceleration scales according to the ratio of the masses of the rider and sled. O Equal to: the acceleration is independent of mass. O Equal to: the acceleration scales according to the mass of the sled.

A sled and rider have a total mass of 61.0 kg. They are on a snowy hill. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled and the snow is 0.155. The angle of the hill's slope measured upward from the horizontal is 21.0°. What is the acceleration of the rider? m/s? Is the acceleration greater, less than, or equal to your result if a more massive rider uses the same sled on the same hill? Explain. O Greater than: the acceleration scales according to the mass of the rider. O Greater than: the acceleration scales according to the ratio of the masses of the rider and sled. O Less than: the acceleration scales according to the ratio of the masses of the rider and sled. O Equal to: the acceleration is independent of mass. O Equal to: the acceleration scales according to the mass of the sled.

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A sled and rider have a total mass of 61.0 kg. They are on a snowy hill. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled and the snow is 0.155. The angle of the hill's slope measured upward from the horizontal is 21.0°. What is the acceleration of the rider?
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Is the acceleration greater, less than, or equal to your result if a more massive rider uses the same sled on the same hill? Explain.
O Greater than: the acceleration scales according to the mass of the rider.
O Greater than: the acceleration scales according to the ratio of the masses of the rider and sled.
O Less than: the acceleration scales according to the ratio of the masses of the rider and sled.
O Equal to: the acceleration is independent of mass.
O Equal to: the acceleration scales according to the mass of the sled.

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