Hey guys!
I am doing my physics assignment and theres a question that I don't fully know how to do...
Heres the question!
A 50.0kg toboggan is moving at a speed of 2.2 m/s when it crests a hill. The height of the hill is 10.0m. How fast will the sled be moving when it passes a slower sled 2.0 m from the bottom of the hill ?
Here's what I did...
I got the Total Energy (ET) from when the sled was at the top of the hill, and I also got the Total Energy (ET) when the sled is 2.0 m from the bottom of the hill..
My physics teacher told me the next step was to subtract the two values.. so i did as follows
5021 J - 1101 J = 3920 J.
Im not quite sure what to do from here...
I thought of doing ET = mgh + 1/2mv2.. but im not sure how to go about rearranging that to find the v2 because theres 2 masses on the right side of the equation..
anyone know what to do or know if i am doing it wrong?
thanks

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