A. 18.9m
B. 57.5m
C. 70.0m
D. 28.0m
R R Natalie Geisennberger, the reigning women's Olympic...
R R Natalie Geisennberger, the reigning women's Olympic luge champion, is the first to test out a new track for the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. The track is shown in the diagram. Assume that you can neglect friction on this icy track, and the rider lies on the luge in such a way as to minimize air resistance, so you can neglect that, too. The track hasta circular loop with radius R = 10.0 meters. Natalie starts from rest at a height h, = 4R, and leaves the track at a height h2 = R, at an angle of 30° to the horizontal. She then flies through the air and lands some distance from where she left the track. How far, in the horizontal direction, from a point directly below the end of the track where she took off, will Natalie land?