Solved: The surfer in the photo is catching a wave.

Chapter 6, Problem 6.147

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The surfer in the photo is catching a wave. Suppose she starts at the top of the wave with a speed of 1.4 m/s and moves down the wave until her speed increases to 9.5 m/s. The drop in her vertical height is 2.7 m. If her mass is 59 kg, how much work is done by the (nonconservative) force of the wave?

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