Tetherball serve

Tetherball serve#

Two friends are playing tetherball. The ball is tethered to a pole by a rope of length \(L = {{params.L}} \ \rm{ft}\). The first player serves with a velocity \(v = {{params.v}} \ \rm{m/s}\).

A ball attached to a pole via rope angled theta degrees.

Part 1#

What angle \(\theta\) does the rope make with the pole?

Answer Section#

Please enter in a numeric value in \({{ params.vars.units.part1 }}\).

Part 2#

At this speed, how many times per second would the ball go around the pole?

Answer Section#

Please enter in a numeric value in \({{ params.vars.units.part2 }}\).

Attribution#

Problem is licensed under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
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