Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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ISBN: 9780131495081
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Chapter 4, Problem 43P
(II) A skateboarder, with an initial speed of 2.0m/s, rolls virtually friction free down a straight incline of length 18 m in 3.3 s. At what angle θ is the incline oriented above the horizontal?
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