A roller coaster is going over a hill with a radius of 20 m. a) How fast does it have to go for passengers to feel weightless at the top? b) Suppose the roller coaster was running on the Moon, where the acceleration is only 1.7 m/s^2. How fast would it need to travel for you to feel weightless there?

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A roller coaster is going over a hill with a radius of 20 m.

a) How fast does it have to  go for passengers  to feel weightless at the top?

b) Suppose the roller coaster was running on the Moon, where the acceleration is only 1.7 m/s^2. How fast would it need to travel  for you to feel weightless there?

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