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Understand: forms of energy

Problem

A skateboarder rides down a ramp. Assume that there is no friction present.
A diagram shows a side view of a skateboard ramp with a skateboarder on the flat top of the left side of the ramp. To the right of this, the ramp slopes down to the ground. The label A is placed just over the skateboard. An arrow from the skateboard points down to the bottom of the ramp where the label B is placed.
Which of the following is true about the energy of the skateboarder?
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