A Kid Slides Down an Icy (Frictionless) Hill Starting from Rest

question 80

Multiple Choice

A kid slides down an icy (frictionless) hill starting from rest. At the top his gravitational potential energy is 500 J. He slides all the way down to the valley bottom where his gravitational potential energy becomes zero. His kinetic energy at the bottom will be

• A) 0 J.
• B) 500 J.
• C) some value between 0 and 500 J.
• D) none of the above.

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