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=**The Claw**=

**Amanda S, Jasmine S, Dana F**
The Claw is a pendulum-like ride at Hershey Park. There are 8 sections of 4 seats each making a total of 32 seats. The ride begins to oscillate back and forth in a pendulum-like fashion. While this is going on, the actual "claw" part of the ride rotates so that riders can get an optimal experience at every aspect of the ride. The Claw was built by Chance-Morgan and has been running in Hershey Park since 2003.

Maximum Height: 64ft --> 19.5m Height of Ride: 37.5ft -->11.43m 12 revolutions per ride 8 revolutions per minute Period: 7.5 seconds

PE = KE mgh = 1/2mv^2 masses cancel out gh = 1/2v^2 9.8*19.5 = 1/2*v^2 v = 19.5 m/s
 * Velocity**

T = 2pi*SQRT(L/g) 7.5 = 2pi*SQRT(L/9.8) L = 13.96 m
 * Length of the Pendulum**

PE = mgy PE = 60*9.8*19.5 PE = 11466 (There is no potential energy at the bottom of the ride) ground PE= 0 KE = 1/2mv^2 KE = 1/2*60*19.5^2 KE = 11407.5 (There is no kinetic energy at the top of the ride)
 * Energy of 60 kg person on ride**

F= 1/T F= 1/7.5 F= .133 Hz
 * Frequency**