The Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, is one of the world’s most impressive roller coasters. Wearing only a lap harness in the open air, riders on a 10.5-ton train are accelerated by hydraulic motors on a level track to 120 mph in just 3.8 s. After this, no more power is supplied to the train, and it moves on its own. The train shoots straight up (twisting along the way) along the track to a height of 420 ft, before a straight-down descent. Calculate the kinetic energy of the train after the 3.8-s launch. Round the final answer to two decimal places.

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The Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, is one of the world’s most impressive roller coasters. Wearing only a lap harness in the open air, riders on a 10.5-ton train are accelerated by hydraulic motors on a level track to 120 mph in just 3.8 s. After this, no more power is supplied to the train, and it moves on its own. The train shoots straight up (twisting along the way) along the track to a height of 420 ft, before a straight-down descent.

Calculate the kinetic energy of the train after the 3.8-s launch. Round the final answer to two decimal places.

 
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