Where is the kinetic energy of a roller coaster at its highest answer?

At the bottom of the first hill, your kinetic energy is at its highest point. You're going as fast as you'll ever go on this roller coaster ride. To ensure the fun keeps going, the roller coaster's designers put in the second hill. If the first hill were the ride's only one, the fun would be over sooner.



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The maximum kinetic energy generated is when the roller coaster is at the bottom of the track. When it begins to go up, the kinetic energy converts to potential energy.

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At the top of the hill, the cars have a great deal of gravitational potential energy, equal to the cars' weight multiplied by the height of the hill. When the cars are released from the chain and begin coasting down the hill, potential energy transforms into kinetic energy until they reach the bottom of the hill.

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At the bottom of the loop, gravity and the change in direction of the passenger's inertia from a downward vertical direction to one that is horizontal push the passenger into the seat, causing the passenger to once again feel very heavy.

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At the highest point on the roller coaster (assuming it has no velocity), the object has a maximum quantity of gravitational potential energy and no kinetic energy. As the object begins moving down to the bottom, its gravitational potential energy begins to decrease and the kinetic energy begins to increase.

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Rollercoaster trains have no engine or no power source of their own. Instead, they rely on a supply of potential energy that is converted to kinetic energy. Traditionally, a rollercoaster relies on gravitational potential energy – the energy it possesses due to its height.

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