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The amusement park ride shown above takes riders straight up a tall tower and then releases an apparatus holding seats. This app

aratus free-falls back to Earth and is stopped safely right above the ground. Which of the following indicates the magnitude of the gravitational force exerted on a rider of mass m on the way up and on the way down?

1 answer:

Natasha2012 [34]2 years ago

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The gravitational force on the rider is:

- Way up: equal to mg

- Way down: equal to mg

Explanation:

The choices are missing: find them in the attached figure.

The force of gravity acting on a body is a force directed downward (towards the Earth's centre) and whose magnitude is

$F=mg$

where

m is the mass of the body

g is the acceleration due to gravity

The value of g is approximately constant near the Earth's surface and it is

$g=9.8 m/s^2$

During the ride, the mass of the rider, m, remains constant. This means that the magnitude of the gravitational force, mg, exerted on the rider remains constant during the rider.

Therefore, the correct answer is

- Way up: equal to mg

- Way down: equal to mg

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