At an amusement park loop-the-loop ride, the loop has a radius of 10 m. In one of the cars, you are riding sitting on a scale, which measures your apparent weight (i.e., the normal force from the scale). Before the rides start, your apparent weight is 800 N. (a) What is your apparent weight at the top of the loop when the car is going 12 m/s? (b) What is your apparent weight at the bottom of the loop when the car is going 18 m/s?

At an amusement park loop-the-loop ride, the loop has a radius of 10 m. In one of the cars, you are riding sitting on a scale, which measures your apparent weight (i.e., the normal force from the scale). Before the rides start, your apparent weight is 800 N. (a) What is your apparent weight at the top of the loop when the car is going 12 m/s? (b) What is your apparent weight at the bottom of the loop when the car is going 18 m/s?

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