Question

A woman is standing on a steep hillside in the rain and is not moving. A

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct option is;

A. The component of the woman's weight along the hillside is larger than the kinetic friction between the woman and the ground

Explanation:

Given that the coefficient of static friction is always larger than the coefficient of kinetic friction, we have that before the wind blew, the component of the woman's weight along the hillside was lesser than the static friction between  the woman and the ground, when the wind blew the total force of the wind and the component of the woman's weight put her into motion such that the acting frictional force was then the kinetic frictional force which was lesser than the kinetic frictional force so the woman continues to slide down the hillside without the wind.