Recap - Roller Coaster
Part of the Mechanics section of Coddy's Physics journey. Lesson 56 of 97.
Challenge
A roller coaster car waits at rest on the flat top of a hill, then leaves it. It races down into a valley and climbs over a second hill high. The track has no friction. The picture shows the car twice: on the first top and on the second. Draw the forces on it while it waits on the first top, then find the speed of the car at the top of the second hill.
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