the internal energy is the total kinetic energy and energy of all particles that make up a system. what word completes the sentence?

higher potential

explanation:

because it is in a high speed so it must move into a of high potential

initial speed when it is dropped is 150 ft/s

now at the same moment the acceleration due to gravity is perpendicular to its velocity

so as we know that

now we have centripetal acceleration a = 32 ft/s^2 as its perpendicular to velocity

while tangential acceleration at the same moment will be zero

so

now radius of curvature is given as

so the radius of curvature just after it is dropped is 703.125 ft