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Stone Mountain near Atlanta, GA has a skyride which is a gondola suspended from a cable that takes people to the top of Stone Mountain as well as back down.

• Using the First Law of Thermodynamics,what would be the most efficient way to design this ride?

• Discuss if this might be used to generate rather than use electrical energy. If so,what would be required? If not, why not?

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