The instrument would be a barometer.
Because of the law of inertia and it’s effect on the skater
The hardest part of the job is to find the right formula to use, and write it down. You've already done that ! The rest is just turning the crank until an answer falls out.
You wrote. E = m g h.
Beautiful.
Now divide each side by (g h), and you'll have the formula for mass:
m = E / (g h).
You know all the numbers on the right side. Just pluggum in, do the arithmetic, and you'll have the mass.
Calculating acceleration involves dividing velocity by time — or in terms of units, dividing meters per second [m/s] by second [s]. Dividing distance by time twice is the same as dividing distance by the square of time. Thus the SI unit of acceleration is the meter per second squared.
This I what it showed when I looked it up so if your writing this down try and put some in your own words
Answer:
V (initial vertical velocity) = 45.4 sin 31.2 = 23.52 m/s
1/2 m V^2 = m g h conservation of energy
h = V^2 / (2 g) = 23.52^2 / 19.6 = 28.2 m max height
Check:
t = 28.2 / 9.8 = 2.88 sec time to reach max height
h = 23.52 * 2.88 - 1/2 g 2.88^2 = 27.1 m
