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Rollar Coasters Explode This Gravitational Potential Energy Relationship

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The dance between kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy is what goes on in every curve, in every turn of a roller coaster. And so that's why, when you go up a hill, you slow down. But why are you slowing up? Because the gravitational potentialenergy is taking away your kanetic energy. Once you get to the top, why do you speed up on the way down? Because the kinetic energy is taking awaybe converted from the gravitational potential energy. Your fastest point on an entire roller coaster,. it's going to be where the fastest point, yes. You mean where you reach your top speed? Yes. Where's that going to be? A the bottom of the first

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