Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 5, Problem 61P
In a loop-the-loop roller coaster, show that a car moving too slowly would leave the track at an angle ϕ given by cos ϕ = v2/rg, where ϕ is the angle made by a vertical line through the center of the circular track and a line from the center to the point where the car leaves the track.
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