If you are riding a roller coaster, how do you think your speed is related to your kinetic energy? Your potential energy?

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Your kinetic energy is always proportional to the square of your speed, no matter whether you're on a bicycle, a roller coaster, or a baby carriage.The faster you're moving, the more kinetic energy you have.Your potential energy doesn't depend on speed at all, only on height.  On a roller coaster, the minimum speeds are usually at the top of a hill or a loop, so the potential energy would generally correspond to the slowest speeds. But again, that's not because of the speed.  It's because of the height.

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the slower you go, you will eventually stop, p. energy. faster=k. energy.

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