Even with no friction, it depends on the slope of the roof. That is, it depends on how much elevation (altitude) he loses during the slide.
Whatever that number is ... call it 'h' ... Santa's speed when he reaches the edge is
Square root of (19.6h) meters per second.
It doesn't matter how much he weighs, or how far he has slud. Only how much altitude he lost on the slope while sliding.
Answer:
<em>Its speed will be 280 m/s</em>
Explanation:
<u>Constant Acceleration Motion</u>
It's a type of motion in which the speed of an object changes by an equal amount in every equal period of time.
If a is the constant acceleration, vo the initial speed, vf the final speed, and t the time, vf can be calculated as:
The object accelerates from rest (vo=0) at a constant acceleration of 
. The final speed at t=35 seconds is:
Its speed will be 280 m/s
Wow ! I understand your shock. I shook and vibrated a little
when I looked at this one too.
The reason for our shock is all the extra junk in the question,
put there just to shock and distract us.
"Neutron star", "5.5 solar masses", "condensed burned-out star".
That's all very picturesque, and it excites cosmic fantasies in
out brains when we read it, but it's just malicious decoration.
It only gets in the way, and doesn't help a bit.
The real question is:
What is the acceleration of gravity 2000 m from
the center of a mass of 1.1 x 10³¹ kg ?
Acceleration of gravity is
G · M / R²
= (6.67 x 10⁻¹¹ N·m²/kg²) · (1.1 x 10³¹ kg) / (2000 m)²
= (6.67 x 10⁻¹¹ · 1.1 x 10³¹ / 4 x 10⁶) (N) · m² · kg / kg² · m²
= 1.83 x 10¹⁴ (kg · m / s²) · m² · kg / kg² · m²
= 1.83 x 10¹⁴ m / s²
That's about 1.87 x 10¹³ times the acceleration of gravity on
Earth's surface.
In other words, if I were standing on the surface of that neutron star,
I would weigh 1.82 x 10¹² tons, give or take.
a = 7.8 m/s^2
Explanation:
Let Fnet = net force = ma
m = mass of the skydiver
a = acceleration caused by Fnet
W = weight = mg
f(air) = frictional force due to air resistance
Fnet = W - f(air)
= (100 kg)(9.8 m/s^2) - (200 N)
= 780 N
Therefore, the acceleration of the skydiver due to Fnet is
a = Fnet/m
= (780 N)/(100 kg)
= 7.8 m/s^2
