A 600.0 kg roller coaster car is at rest at the top of a 35.0 m hill (location A). It rolls down the first drop to a height of 5.0 m (location B) then goes up the next hill where it is moving at 20.0 m/s at the top (location C). It then rolls down the second hill until it is at ground level. (location D) Draw a picture of the roller coaster (there should be 2 hills with the 4 marked locations).  Calculate the kinetic and potential energy at each location (the top and bottom of both hills)  Label your work clearly.  You should have 4 locations with both KE and PE energy shown and clearly labeled.

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  1. A 600.0 kg roller coaster car is at rest at the top of a 35.0 m hill (location A). It rolls down the first drop to a height of 5.0 m (location B) then goes up the next hill where it is moving at 20.0 m/s at the top (location C). It then rolls down the second hill until it is at ground level. (location D)

Draw a picture of the roller coaster (there should be 2 hills with the 4 marked locations).  Calculate the kinetic and potential energy at each location (the top and bottom of both hills)  Label your work clearly.  You should have 4 locations with both KE and PE energy shown and clearly labeled.

 

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