On Your Own! Let's assume a roller coaster has a vertical drop of 100m as the very first part of the ride
and the initial velocity of a car going over the loop is 2 m/s. Then riders go around a circular loop that is 30 m
tall. (Assume the mass of the car is 300 kg)
1. What is the initial PE, KE & TME of the roller coaster?
2. What is the final velocity at the bottom of the drop?
3. Show by using calculations that the acceleration experienced on the drop was equal to G.
Using the 4 steps we practiced in our example problem, solve for the G force of the loop.
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
