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A 2430 pound roller coaster starts from rest and is launched such that it crests a 105 ft high hill with a speed of 59 mph. The

roller coaster travels 396 ft in reaching the top of the hill and there is a constant drag force of 85 pounds. Determine launch energy

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Rudik [331]3 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

Given

Weight of roller coaster is $W=2430\ pound$

mass of roller coaster $m=\frac{W}{g}=\frac{2430}{32.2}=75.45$

Distance traveled by roller coaster $d=396\ ft$

drag force $f_d=85\ pounds$

velocity at top $v=59 mph\approx 86.53\ ft/s$

Suppose E is the initial energy

Conserving Energy at bottom and top

$E=\frac{1}{2}mv^2+mgh+f_d\cdot d$

$E=0.5\times 75.45\times 86.53^2+2430\times 105+85\times 396$

$E=2.9\times 10^5\ foot-pound$

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