shuffleboard is a game played on shipboard where a puck is given an initial speed with a stick. the puck slides along the board and ends up on a pattern painted on the deck with different point values depending on where the puck stops. what initial speed is required to send a puck 6.5 m along the deck? the friction of the puck with the deck decelerates the puck at a rate of 0.25 g (a quarter of the acceleration of gravity.