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If you are riding a roller coaster, how do you think your speed is related to your kinetic energy? Your potential energy?

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the slower you go, you will eventually stop, p. energy. faster=k. energy.
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Your kinetic energy is always proportional to the square of your speed,
no matter whether you're on a bicycle, a roller coaster, or a baby carriage.
The faster you're moving, the more kinetic energy you have.

Your potential energy doesn't depend on speed at all, only on height.
On a roller coaster, the minimum speeds are usually at the top of a hill
or a loop, so the potential energy would generally correspond to the
slowest speeds. But again, that's not because of the speed. It's because
of the height.


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