The answers to this test are:
1. What is the maximum speed when the conditions are mass = 450 kg, initial height = 30 m, and the roller coaster car is initially at rest?
24.2 m/s
2. A computational model predicts the maximum height that a roller coaster car can reach when the lowest height of its journey is at ground level, where it has a speed of 20 m/s. Given these conditions, what is the maximum height?
20.4 m
3. A computational model predicts the speed of a roller coaster car at different heights given its speed at the lowest height of its journey, which is at ground level. The speed at the lowest point is 30 m/s. What is the prediction for its speed when it is at a height of 20 m?
22.5 m/s
4. A computational model predicts the maximum potential energy a roller coaster car can have given its mass and its speed at the lowest point of its journey. Its mass is 350 kg, and it speed at a height of 0 m is 25 m/s. What is the prediction for its maximum potential energy?
109,375 J
5. What is the benefit of using simple computational models in a spreadsheet application, like the one used in this course, to predict mechanical energy and related values?
It is easy to calculate new scenarios.