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Transcribed Image Text:A block of mass m = 7.30 kg is released from rest from point
h₂
m
3.20 m
2.00 m
(i)
(a) Determine the block's speed at points B and C
point B
m/s
m/s
point C
and slides on the frictionless track shown in the figure below. (Assume h₂ = 7.80 m.)
(b) Determine the net work done by the gravitational force on the block as it moves from point
to point
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