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In this piece of Coursework, my aim is to find out why and how certain factors affect the speed of a trolley at the end of a ramp.
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Investigate the factors, which affect the speed of a trolley at the end of a ramp Skill P: Planning In this piece of Coursework, my aim is to find out why and how certain factors affect the speed of a trolley at the end of a ramp. Gravitational Potential Energy ( GPE ) is best described using the example of a diver. The diver climbs up the ladder to the top of a diving board. In order to get up to that height he uses mgh amount of Energy. Where m=his mass, g=gravitational field strength and h=vertical height climbed. When the diver stands on top of the diving board, he has mgh potential energy. For this example we will say that the diver's mass is 80kg, and the height he is jumping from is 10 meters. We can therefore say that mgh = 80 x 10 x 10 = 8000J. So the...
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