When you’re upside down at the top of a vertical looping roller coaster, why is the centripetal force acting on you the least of anywhere in the loop?
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The centripetal force will be minimal because the speed is minimal. You lose speed when you go up and gain speed when you go down.
What feel in turn is the centrifugal force that is the result of the centripetal force from your point of view. They are in the opposite direction.
So you feel like there is a force away from the center of the loop even if the
The centrifugal force is also on the opposite side of gravity on top and you feel is the difference between it and gravity.
When you start to turn at the bottom, gravity and the centrifugal force are in the same direction so they are added together.
So the force you feel is minimal at the top because of the lowest speed and the direction of the centrifugal force and gravity.
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