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The author introduces the roller coaster ride in the first paragraph to introduce the main idea of the text.

We can arrive at this answer because:

  • The central idea of a text is the subject that the text wants to present to the reader.
  • This idea is usually presented at the beginning of the text, in the first paragraphs, to guide the reader about the subject that will be addressed.

The text to which the question refers, the author wants to discuss the operation of roller coasters and show how these machines are interesting and have many scientific concepts, for this reason, he presents the roller coaster ride in the first paragraph.

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