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AP Physics 1
2.9 Circular Motion
2.6 Gravitational Force
2.2 Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
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A vertical circular track with radius R. A passenger car is shown at two positions: the bottom of the circle (6 o'clock) and the top of the circle (12 o'clock). At the bottom, the passenger is sitting upright, and a velocity vector v points horizontally to the right. At the top, the passenger is upside down, and a velocity vector v points horizontally to the left. The center of the circle is labeled C.
Passenger in a roller coaster car moving through a vertical loop.
A passenger of mass
(m
) is seated in a roller coaster car that moves at a constant speed
(v
) through a vertical circular loop of radius
(R
). The seat remains in contact with the passenger at all times. Which of the following correctly compares the magnitude of the normal force
(F_{N, \text{bottom}}
) exerted by the seat on the passenger at the bottom of the loop to the magnitude of the normal force
(F_{N, \text{top}}
) at the top of the loop?

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