6. If a skater with a mass of 50 kg is at rest at the top of a ramp and has 4000 J of GPE, how high up from the ground isthe skater (how tall is the ramp)? [E-S-A]

Given The mass of the skater is m = 50 kg. The gravitational potential energy is GPE=4000 J. The…

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If a skater with a mass of 50 kg is at rest at the top of a ramp and has 4000 J of GPE, how high up from the ground is the skater (how tall is the ramp)? [E-S-A]