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Posted by jade on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 11:33pm.

A roller coaster has a vertical loop with radius 17.9 m. With what minimum speed should the roller coaster car be moving at the top of the loop so that the passengers do not lose contact with the seats?
(how do i go about in solving this)

physics - drwls, Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 4:06am
Set the centripetal acceleration V^2/R at the top equal to g. That will assure tht the car does not leave the track.

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