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QUESTION 9
Tony Hawk is skating through a half-pipe with a radius of 4 m. Initially he is in a crouched position with his center of mass 0.5 m above the surface of the half-pipe. He starts from rest with his center of mass a height of 3 m above the base of the half-pipe and experiences no loss of energy from friction as he moves. At the bottom of the half-pipe he stands up and lifts his arms into the air, thereby raising his center of mass to 1.0 m. He then continues up the other side of the half-pipe. What is the maximum height (in m) that his center of mass reaches on the other side of the half-pipe? You may model Tony as a point particle.