A new ride being built at an amusement park includes a vertical drop of 71.6 meters. Starting from rest, the ride vertically drops that distance before the track curves forward. If the velocity at the bottom of the drop is 10.0 m/s and the mass of the cart and passengers is 3.5 x 104 kg, how much potential energy was converted into thermal energy (heat) ?

2.3 x 107 J

2.6 x 107 J

4.3 x 107 J

6.7 x 107 J