The Prompt: A well-known football coach once said‚ “Winning isn’t everything‚ it’s the only thing.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Write an essay in which you state your position and support it with convincing reasons. The Model Essay: The Sport in Losing The buzzer sounded‚ and the opposing team began to cheer. A young girl stood behind the serving line‚ volleyball still in hand‚ and allowed her anger to swell. Her team had just lost—and by almost ten points. She had tried to save
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asked yourself how a roller coaster works? Would roller coasters safely run without the knowledge that physics offers us? The answer is no. Roller coasters are driven by physics; it mobilizes and gives its riders amusement through forces such as inertia‚ gravitation‚ and centripetal forces and utilizes different types of energies such as potential and kinetic energy. Physics is what makes roller coasters safe and effective. It is not only the high speed of the trains of a roller coaster that makes
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Part 1 Roller coasters Additional notes: GPE = m x g x h KE = m x v₂ The main energy transfers that happen as a car travels along the track from the start of the ride to the end: [1]The rollercoaster car gains gravitational potential energy (GPE) as it travels to the top. Once over the top‚ the car gains speed as GPE is transferred to kinetic energy (KE). As it travels to the top of another loop‚ KE is transferred to GPE. Not all the energy is transferred to or from GPE – some is transferred
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The Dormont Community Skate Park To begin my conspiracy‚ I think that the skate park will have‚ if it hasn’t already‚ have a positive impact on the neighborhood kids! All kids need a place to go to hang out with their friends or just a place they know they can go to if they want to be alone! If someone‚ any age‚ needs a place to go and be alone and maybe think about something‚ they can go to the skate park! I personally think that it would be a great place to study or do some thinking! Also‚ it’s
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Rockin Roller Coaster Research Project By: Stephen Morris Period: 4th The batman rollercoaster is an extreme‚ thrilling rollercoaster. The batman rollercoaster was introduced 1997 and‚ 2‚700 feet long! The original installation of the ride is at Six Flags Great America featured a maximum height of 100 feet while the installations to follow reached 105 feet. The rides reach a top speed of 50 miles per hour and exert up to four
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RCC Roller Compacted Concrete in history RCC roller compacted concreteThe first Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) dam of the world was Alpe Gera at Sondrio in North Italy. It was executed from 1961 to 1964. The technology in that period is not what it is today. This dam had a total quantity of concrete of 1‚800‚000 cubic meters of concrete. Concrete feeding to the dumpers moving on dam was done by use of 6 cubic meters skips moving on an inclined haulage track. This method of construction was found
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they are laughing and playing‚ wearing roller skates‚ shuttling through the streets‚ making the crowd disorderly. Children with good roller skating skills can turn around and show their tricks‚ and the slippery ones will always fall. Now many parents are willing to let their children learn roller skating when they are young‚ but I think it is not an innocent toy but a serious threat. There are lots of parents who think it’s a good idea to have kids learn roller skating when they are young‚ because
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What to do on a summer day? If you’re bored‚ and cannot find anything to do. Do i have some events for you! Here are three events that you can do to enjoy life‚ relax‚ and live a little! First‚ skating! Let’s go for a roll. Roller skating has been around for many years. It’s something that everyone needs to experience at least once in their life. It has brought great joy‚ and relief to many people. But‚ it’s also a great form of exercise that works the mental and physical parts of your body.
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Roller coasters‚ one of the best amusement rides that ever existed. This amazing ride traces its origins back to Russia where it all began (Source E). Russia is where wood-framed ice slides sent sledders down 70- foot high slopes in the 16th century‚ in St.Petersburg‚ Russia (Source E). Since‚ Russia was a snowy place‚ the sleds were a perfect pastime. The roller coaster was built out of lumber with a sheet of ice several inches thick covering the surface to make sure it was as safe and sturdy as
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“A roller coaster is considered any elevated track with curves and rises‚ carrying passengers in open‚ rolling cars for entertainment” (5). Today’s roller coasters appear to be tons of tubular metal intertwined around itself‚ but regardless of how big‚ fast‚ or gravity defying they are‚ they all use the same natural force – gravity. The more twisting‚ turning‚ flipping‚ and the faster a roller coaster goes‚ the more the coaster depends on the law of physics‚ not mechanics‚ to keep it moving. There
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