The passengers in a roller coaster car feel 50% heavier than their true weight as the car goes through a dip with a 10 m radius of curvature.What is the car's speed at the bottom of the dip?

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Answer:

7 ms⁻¹

Explanation:

When the weight is 50% more, if the actual weight is W, the weight at the dip will be 1.5  Mg . At the bottom, the forces acting are

Weight Mg , vertically downwards

Centripetal force towards the center of the circle

and the normal force N = 1.5 Mg, that acts towards the center

N -  Mg =  Mv²÷ r

1.5 Mg - Mg = M v² ÷ r

0.5  g = v² ÷ 10

⇒ v = 7 ms⁻¹ Car's speed at the bottom of the dip.

The speed of the car at the bottom of the dip given the parameters in the equation is;

v = 7 m/s

Since the motion is circular, it means that the acceleration of the car will be acting towards the centre of the circle and as a result the acceleration will be acting upwards with the formula; a = v²/r

Now, if the mass of a passenger is denoted as m, then the net force on the passenger will be;

F = mv²/r

Also, in the roller coaster, two other forces are acting which are the force of gravity(F_g) acting downward and also the force of the seat(F_seat) acting upwards. Thus, from equilibrium of forces, we can say that;

F_seat - F_g = mv²/r

Where F_g = mg. Thus;

F_seat - mg = mv²/r

We are told that the passengers in the car feel 50% heavier than their true weight as the car goes up. This means that;

F_seat = mg + 0.5mg

F_seat = 1.5mg

Thus;

1.5mg - mg = mv²/r

divide through by m to get;

0.5g = v²/r

Plug in the relevant values;

0.5(9.8) = v²/10

v² = 0.5 × 9.8 × 10

v² = 49

v = √49

v = 7 m/s

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