A cyclist freewheels down a hill at constant speed. The loss of gravitational PE is:

  1. stored in the bicycle
  2. equal to the work done against resistive forces
  3. zero
  4. converted to kinetic energy
Answer

B) equal to the work done against resistive forces

KE doesn't change. SLO P-11-B-32 · Application

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