What is the relationship between height and potential energy in a roller coaster with 1 loop and 2 hills?

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What is the relationship between height and potential energy?

What is the relationship between height and kinetic energy?

What is the relationship between height and speed?

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PE = mgh

where the height h is measured from some reference point. The greater the height, the greater the PE.

As the height decreases, the PE decreases and the KE increases. And as the KE increases, so too does the velocity.

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