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Question 17

A skier travels from rest down each of four snow routes. The skier and equipment have the same total mass for every route. The table gives the vertical descent and the speed at the end of each route. Use g=10 N/kgg=10\ \mathrm{N/kg}g=10 N/kg.

RouteVertical descent in m\mathrm{m}mSpeed at end in m/s\mathrm{m/s}m/s
J6.09.0
K9.010.0
L12.013.0
M16.014.0

For which route does the smallest proportion of the energy transferred from the skier's gravitational store end up in the skier's kinetic store?

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A

Route J

B

Route L

C

Route M

D

Route K

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