A skier slides down a frictionless slope of length r = 1.67 km which makes an angle with the horizontal of θ = 27.7∘. At the bottom of the slope she encounters a horizontal rough patch. If she then glides through the rough patch for a distance x = 3.33 km before stopping, what was the average coefficient of kinetic friction between her skis and the surface of the rough patch?

A skier slides down a frictionless slope of length r = 1.67 km which makes an angle with the horizontal of θ = 27.7∘. At the bottom of the slope she encounters a horizontal rough patch. If she then glides through the rough patch for a distance x = 3.33 km before stopping, what was the average coefficient of kinetic friction between her skis and the surface of the rough patch?

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A skier slides down a frictionless slope of length r = 1.67 k m which makes an angle with the horizontal of θ = 27.7 . At the bottom of the slope she encounters a horizontal rough patch. If she then glides through the rough patch for a distance x = 3.33 k m before stopping, what was the average coefficient of kinetic friction between her skis and the surface of the rough patch?

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