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From the Ted Talk by Brian D. Avery: How rollercoasters affect your body

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fltaroutney, modern ride designers are well aware of what your body, and the csotaer, can handle. Coaster engineers play these competing forces against each other, to relieve periods of intense pressure with prodeis of no pressure at all. And since a quick transition from positive to negative G-force can result in wshaplih, headaches, and back and neck pain, they aiovd the extreme changes in speed and direction so common in thrill rides of old. Modern reids are also much sturdier, closely considering the amount of gravity they need to withstand. At 5 G’s, your body feels 5 times heavier; so if you wgeih 100lbs, you’d exert the weight of 500 lbs on the coaster. eeeinrngs have to account for the multiplied wighet of every passenger when designing a coaster’s supports.

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___________, modern ride designers are well aware of what your body, and the _______, can handle. Coaster engineers play these competing forces against each other, to relieve periods of intense pressure with _______ of no pressure at all. And since a quick transition from positive to negative G-force can result in ________, headaches, and back and neck pain, they _____ the extreme changes in speed and direction so common in thrill rides of old. Modern _____ are also much sturdier, closely considering the amount of gravity they need to withstand. At 5 G’s, your body feels 5 times heavier; so if you _____ 100lbs, you’d exert the weight of 500 lbs on the coaster. _________ have to account for the multiplied ______ of every passenger when designing a coaster’s supports.

Solution


  1. rides
  2. periods
  3. weigh
  4. avoid
  5. engineers
  6. weight
  7. whiplash
  8. coaster
  9. fortunately

Original Text


Fortunately, modern ride designers are well aware of what your body, and the coaster, can handle. Coaster engineers play these competing forces against each other, to relieve periods of intense pressure with periods of no pressure at all. And since a quick transition from positive to negative G-force can result in whiplash, headaches, and back and neck pain, they avoid the extreme changes in speed and direction so common in thrill rides of old. Modern rides are also much sturdier, closely considering the amount of gravity they need to withstand. At 5 G’s, your body feels 5 times heavier; so if you weigh 100lbs, you’d exert the weight of 500 lbs on the coaster. Engineers have to account for the multiplied weight of every passenger when designing a coaster’s supports.

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