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Name: Nicole
Status: Student
Grade: 6-8
Location: MI
Country: United States
Date: May 2007
Question:
What are some facts on building a roller coaster for science it has to do with energy?


Replies:
There is an interplay in most roller coasters among electrical energy, (some are also magnetic), gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and friction. These all must be considered within cost efficient and safe realms.

Nathan A. Unterman


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