The Law of Energy Conservation

Energy Bar Charts B C PE_A = mgh PE TE KE TE PE ? TE PE_C = mgh KE_A = 1/2 mv^2 Part 1 - Hot Wheels Car Imagine in the image above that you let go of a Hot Wheels car at Position A on the U shaped track. You understand that the energy added to the system (the car on the track) is potential energy from lifting the car and putting it at a height on the track. 1. Please describe what happens to the energy of the car as you let go and the car travels down the track. 2. If energy is conserved, should the Hot Wheels car it up the other side of the track? 3 . In reality, the car only makes it to position C before descending down the track again. Please describe why you think this happened