Riding the Water Slide A rider on a water slide goes through three different kind...

Riding the Water Slide

A rider on a water slide goes through three different kinds of motion, as illustrated in Figure P3.78. Use the data and details from the figure to answer the following questions.

Suppose the designers of the water slide want to adjust the height h above the water so that riders land twice as far away from the bottom of the slide. What would be the necessary height above the water?

A. 1.2 m

B. 1.8 m

C. 2.4 m

D. 3.0 m