Question

9. Use conservation of energy and your understanding of KE and GPE to describe why the last hill on a rollercoaster should not be the highest. Submit your answer here and copy and paste and your answer in Educator.
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Answer 1

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But each transfer of energy isn't complete because some of the energy is lost to heat and sound. Because of this lost energy, the roller coaster can't return to its original height after coasting down hill. That's why each successive hill must be lower than the previous hill.

https://howeverythingworks.org/1997/11/11/question-1319/#:~:text=But%20each%20transfer%20of%20energy,lower%20than%20the%20previous%20hill.

Answer 2

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