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- (3) What does the scale read halfway between the bottom and the top of the loop (i.e., after leaving the bottom of the loop, halfway to the top)?
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- Here the scale is only affected by horizontal forces. The force due
- to gravity and the corresponding normal force are both vertical.
- Therefore, the only force acting on the scale at this point is caused
- by the centripetal acceleration, calculated to be
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