On a rare snowy day in the Peach State, you and your friends decide to create...
Snow Day. This is a rare event! You and your friends go sledding down the hill by the rec center. After being outside most of the day having fun, one of your friends starts to show signs of hypothermia. How would you respond?
You are going sledding with your friends, sliding down a snowy hill. Friction can't be ignored. Riding solo on your sled, you have a certain acceleration. Would the acceleration change if you let a friend ride with you, increasing the mass?No, increasing the mass does increase the net force on the system, but it also increases the inertia. \(a=\frac{m}{F_{n e}} .\) Since both the net force and mass are increased they still Cancel, leaving the acceleration the same.Yes, increasing the...