Well the US doesn't naturally have a lot of fossil fuels so we rely on other countries who do have fossil fuels. So if we aren't that friendly with Saudia Arabia (they have a bunch of oil) then they can hike up the prices or cut us off from their oil supply completely which would cripple the US severly. So with that being said, we NEED other countries, and the big question is when will they not NEED us. At any point in which they feel that they don't need us they can just cut us off, which would be bad.
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Answer:
the maximum vertical height the person in the cart can reach is 18.42 m
Explanation:
Given;
mass of the person in cart, m₁ = 45 kg
mass of the cart, m₂ = 43 kg
acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.8 m/s²
final speed of the cart before it goes up the hill, v = 19 m/s
Apply the principle of conservation of energy;

Therefore, the maximum vertical height the person in the cart can reach is 18.42 m