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By this point your question should resemble an open response question from one of your homeworks or tests. It describes a scenario, giving a good deal of information about that "setup," and asks you to discover something about it--to answer some question. When choosing your question, you should have been careful to choose something that you felt comfortable approaching. This is an excellent time for you to build upon what you have learned in class. For those of you taking a conceptual physics class, you have a hard time working quantitativly, and that's okay. You can choose to work with problems like "Could that car really jump that gap in the road if there is NO incline?" These sorts of questions don't require anything more than a conceptual understanding. However, since you are dealing with just one instance, you may be willing to take the time to approach your question quantitatively. "Assuming a 5 degree incline and a velocity up the ramp of 48 kilometers an hour, how far would the car travel, and is that value larger than the gap in the road?" To do this, consult your instructor. (S)he can walk you through the steps. Anywho, the point is, this is your chance to really put what you've learned to use. Take this opportunity to talk with your instructor and fellow students and try to understand how to make use of those equations you've seen a million times.
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