Question

As a roller coaster is going UP the first hill, what is happening to the KE?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

It should be decreasing, and the potential energy increasing, since Law of Conversation of Energy, right?

Also, if you think about what happens when it goes down, it loses potential and gains kinetic, so maybe the opposite should happen when it goes up.

Answer 2

it's decreasing

Step-by-step explanation:

as you know a roller coaster loses speed as it ascends and the kinetic energy is proportional to the speed according to it's formula

KE=(mv^2)/2

where m is the mass and v is the speed