A 75-kg snowboarder has an initial velocity of 5.0 m/s at the top of a 28 degree incline. After sliding down the 110-m-long incline (on which the coefficient of kinetic friction is μk= 0.17), the snowboarder has attained a velocity v. The snowboarder then slides along a flat surface (on which μk= 0.14) and comes to rest after a distance x.  Determine BOTH the snowboarder's acceleration on the incline AND his acceleration on the flat surface. Then, determine x.

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A 75-kg snowboarder has an initial velocity of 5.0 m/s at the top of a 28 degree incline. After sliding down the 110-m-long incline (on which the coefficient of kinetic friction is μk= 0.17), the snowboarder has attained a velocity v. The snowboarder then slides along a flat surface (on which μk= 0.14) and comes to rest after a distance x. 

Determine BOTH the snowboarder's acceleration on the incline AND his acceleration on the flat surface. Then, determine x.

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