In-class question

A marble rolls down a frictionless track, and reaches a speed v at the bottom. If you want it to reach a speed of 4 v at the bottom, you need the start of the new track to be

BLUE: twice as high

YELLOW: 4 times as high

GREEN: half as high

PURPLE: 16 times as high

PINK: (need more information)

as the original track height.




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