Consider a snow boarder going up a 4.5° slope. Assume the coefficient of friction for waxed wood on wet snow is μk=0.10 and he is moving in the positive direction.   Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration of the snow boarder in m/s2.

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Consider a snow boarder going up a 4.5° slope. Assume the coefficient of friction for waxed wood on wet snow is μk=0.10 and he is moving in the positive direction.

 

Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration of the snow boarder in m/s2.

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