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Theoretically where on a rollercoaster should you feel the heaviest? Use the concept of inertia. Where...

Theoretically where on a rollercoaster should you feel the heaviest? Use the concept of inertia.

Where do you actually feel the heaviest?

Theoretically where on a rollercoaster shoudl you feel the lightest? Use inertia

Where do you actually feel the lighest?

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Answer #1

Heaviest: at the bottom of a trough just before an upward turn

Lightest: going over a crest just before heading down.

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Answer #2

we feel heaviest at the bottom because both weight and centrifugal force acts down

we feel lightest at the top becvause only weight acts down centripetal force is exactly oppposite

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Answer #3

On a rollercoaster, your body is in motion with the cart. It is intented to move with the cart.

But any sudden change in the motion of the cart makes your body inertia come into play and makes you feel heavier or lighter depending on.

1. Heavier: When Suddenly the rollercoaster starts moving upwards. Your body insnt prepared to go up suddenly. So you feel the heaviest at the bottom of a ride up track.

2. Lightest. When you experience a free fall or sorts. The cart moves along the track and your body freely falls slowly coming into motion with the cart. So you feel the lightest

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Answer #4

you will feel lightest on the point where you will be having low reaction from the ground so on roller coaster at the top point the centrifugal force is radially outside hence your net reaction from ground is (mg-centifugal force) so you feel light on top

but at the bottom you will feel heavy because this time centrifugal force will add up to your weight reaction from ground

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