30. A1 000-kg roller coaster car is initially at the top of a rise, at point . It then moves 135 ft, at an angle of 40.0° below the horizontal, to a lower point . (a) Choose the car at point@ to be the zero configuration for gravitational potential energy of the roller coaster-Earth system. Find the poten- tial energy of the system when the car is at points and O, and the change in potential energy as the car moves between these points. (b) Repeat part (a), setting the zero configuration with the car at point @.

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30. A1 000-kg roller coaster car is initially at the top of a rise, at
point . It then moves 155 ft, at an angle of 40.0 below the
horizontal, to a lower point . (a) Choose the car at point
to be the zero configuration for gravitational potential
energy of the roller coaster-Earth system. Find the poten-
tial energy of the system when the car is at points @ and
O, and the change in potential energy as the car moves
between these points. (b) Repeat part (a), setting the zero
configuration with the car at point @.
Transcribed Image Text:30. A1 000-kg roller coaster car is initially at the top of a rise, at point . It then moves 155 ft, at an angle of 40.0 below the horizontal, to a lower point . (a) Choose the car at point to be the zero configuration for gravitational potential energy of the roller coaster-Earth system. Find the poten- tial energy of the system when the car is at points @ and O, and the change in potential energy as the car moves between these points. (b) Repeat part (a), setting the zero configuration with the car at point @.
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