A sleigh sliding on a stiff icy mountainside obeys the law of conservation of Mechanical energy. If the sleigh starts to move at the peak of a 1.00 km tall mountain; (a) how much work is done on the sleigh as it reaches the base of the mountain? (b) how fast is the sleigh the moment it reaches the base? (c) At what point is KE is maximum? GPE is maximum?

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A sleigh sliding on a stiff icy mountainside
obeys the law of conservation
of Mechanical energy. If the sleigh starts to
move at the peak of a 1.00
km tall mountain;

(a) how much work is done on the sleigh as
it reaches the base of the
mountain?

(b) how fast is the sleigh the moment it
reaches the base?

(c) At what point is KE is maximum? GPE is
maximum?

(d) At what point/s of the mountain the work
done on the sleigh is maxi
mum? Is it at the top, at the middle, at the
base, or just the same at all
points? Explain your answer. 

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