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Part A

A good roller coaster wreaks havoc with the riders causes dramatic swings in the rider's apparent weight. Calculate the magnitude of the force exerted by their seat on a rider with a (regular) weight of 700 N at the points labeled A-F in the picture below, assuming the coaster starts from rest at the top of the first hill and that the coaster is frictionless. (Recall that this seat force will give an idea of how "heavy" the rider feels at each point in the ride.) For Part A, use the values:

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