The free-body diagram below represents person on a skateboard riding down a ramp that forms a 30.0° angle with the ground. The normal force is perpendicular to the ramp and gravity points toward the center of the
Earth, or down. Use g = 9.8
m
32
Fnorm
Fg
30°
Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration of the skateboard along the ramp.

On a mild saturday morning while people are working inside, the furnace keeps the temperature inside the building at 23degreesc. at noon the furnace is turned off, and the people go home. the temperature outside is a constant 16degreesc for the rest of the afternoon. if the time constant for the building is 3 hr, when will the temperature inside the building reach 18degreesc? if some windows are left open and the time constant drops to 2 hr, when will the temperature inside reach 18degreesc?