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shows a ski -jump. A skier of mass 60 kg stands at A at the top of the ski-jump. He moves from A to B and takes off for his jump at B.
(a) Calculate the change in the gravitational potential energy of the skier between A and B.
(b) If 75 % of the energy in part (a) becomes the kinetic energy at B, calculate the speed at which the skier arrives at B.

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