An Extremely Drunk Physics Student, While on Holiday in the Snowy

question 26

Multiple Choice

An extremely drunk physics student, while on holiday in the Snowy Mountains, decides to snowboard down a hill on a bathroom scale (don't ask us why …) . The student has a mass of 60 kg, the bathroom scale has a mass of 3 kg and the icy hill a slope of 20°. Assume there is no frictional force between the bottom of the scale and the hill. The static friction force the scale exerts on the person is:

• A)0 N.
• B)201 N.
• C)211 N.
• D)553 N.
• E)580 N.

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