Swimmers at a water park have a choice of two frictionless water slides as shown in the figure. Although both slides drop over the same height, h, slide 1 is straight while slide 2 is curved, dropping quickly at first and then leveling out. How does the speed V1 of a swimmer reaching the end of slide 1 compares with V2, the speed of a swimmer reaching the end of slide 2? Slide 1 Slide 2 O v1 > v2 O No simple relationship exists between V1 and V2 because we do not know the curvature of slide 2. O v1 < v2 O v1=V2

Swimmers at a water park have a choice of two frictionless water slides as shown in the figure. Although both slides drop over the same height, h, slide 1 is straight while slide 2 is curved, dropping quickly at first and then leveling out. How does the speed V1 of a swimmer reaching the end of slide 1 compares with V2, the speed of a swimmer reaching the end of slide 2? Slide 1 Slide 2 O v1 > v2 O No simple relationship exists between V1 and V2 because we do not know the curvature of slide 2. O v1 < v2 O v1=V2