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Chapter 5, Problem 14P
A running 62-kg cheetah has a top speed of 32 m/s.
(a) What is the cheetah’s maximum kinetic energy?
(b) Kind the cheetah’s speed when its kinetic energy is one half of the value found in part (a).
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