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How does Newton's second law apply to a roller coaster?

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According to Newton's second law, the sum of all forces acting on the object is equal to the product of the object's mass and its acceleration:

F=ma(1)F = ma \tag{1}

where mm is the mass of the object and aa is the acceleration.

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