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(4) Which of the statements are correct (indicate with a C ) and which are incor

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Question

(4) Which of the statements are correct (indicate with a C) and which are incorrect (indicate with an I)?

A person descending in an elevator who measures their weight as less than they would if the elevator was stopped at a floor, must be speeding up.         

The displacement used when calculating the work done on an object equal in magnitude to the total distance that object travels.     

A cart in a vertical roller coaster in circular motion slows near the top because of the work done on it by the normal force of track on the cart.

                                                                                                                                        

Explanation / Answer

1.A person descending in an elevator who measures their weight as less than they would if the elevator was stopped at a floor, must be speeding up ( C)

Reason: weight is m(g-a)

2.The displacement used when calculating the work done on an object equal in magnitude to the total distance that object travels. (I)

Reason: Displacement is shortest distance

3.

A cart in a vertical roller coaster in circular motion slows near the top because of the work done on it by the normal force of track on the cart. ( C)

Net force is mg - mv^2/R (mv^2/R is centripetal force)