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Chapter 3: Q. 3.21 (page 73)

Discuss the changes in the potential and kinetic energy of a roller-coaster ride as the roller-coaster car climbs to the top and goes down the other side.

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Potential energy changes into kinetic energy

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Given Information

The P.E. is position relative, and energy is motion relative. The K. E.'s competence to morph each other into is their greatest link.

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Explanation

In other words, P.E. transforms into K.E., and energy converts into energy,and then back again.
When the car is at the very best of the ramp, it's its maximum P.E. because it descends, energy changes to energy.

At the underside, all the energy is kinetic.

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