A roller-coaster car enters the top of a vertical loop of radius
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Problem
A roller-coaster car enters the top of a vertical loop of radius 10m. What is the minimum speed the car must have at that point to avoid losing contact with the track? Take g=9.8m/s2.
(a) 7.0m/s
(b) 2.2×101m/s
(c) 1.0×101m/s
(d) 1.4×101m/s