A roller-coaster car has a mass of 497 kg when fully loaded with passengers. The path of the coaster from its initial point shown in the figure to point B involves only up-and-down motion (as seen by the riders), with no motion to the left or righ Assume the roller-coaster tracks at points and are parts of vertical circles of radius r₁- 10.0 m and r2 = 15.0 m, respectively. (a) If the vehicle has a speed of 20.3 m/s at point, what is the force exerted by the track on the car at this point? N (b) What is the maximum speed the vehicle can have at m/s and still remain on the track?

A roller-coaster car has a mass of 497 kg when fully loaded with passengers. The path of the coaster from its initial point shown in the figure to point B involves only up-and-down motion (as seen by the riders), with no motion to the left or righ Assume the roller-coaster tracks at points and are parts of vertical circles of radius r₁- 10.0 m and r2 = 15.0 m, respectively. (a) If the vehicle has a speed of 20.3 m/s at point, what is the force exerted by the track on the car at this point? N (b) What is the maximum speed the vehicle can have at m/s and still remain on the track?

College Physics

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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