A roller coaster car rolls along an approximately frictionless track. The car starts from rest at a height h above the ground. After an initial steep drop, it goes through a vertical loop that is in the shape of a circle of radius R, so that the highest point the car reaches in the loop is 2R above the ground. If you want to design the roller coaster so that riders feel pressed into their seat with a force of mg when they reach the top of the loop, find h in terms of R.

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A roller coaster car rolls along an approximately frictionless track. The car starts
from rest at a height h above the ground. After an initial steep drop, it goes through a vertical
loop that is in the shape of a circle of radius R., so that the highest point the car reaches in the
loop is 2R above the ground. If you want to design the roller coaster so that riders feel pressed
into their seat with a force of mg when they reach the top of the loop, find h in terms of R.
Transcribed Image Text:A roller coaster car rolls along an approximately frictionless track. The car starts from rest at a height h above the ground. After an initial steep drop, it goes through a vertical loop that is in the shape of a circle of radius R., so that the highest point the car reaches in the loop is 2R above the ground. If you want to design the roller coaster so that riders feel pressed into their seat with a force of mg when they reach the top of the loop, find h in terms of R.
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