Rock on a String
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Rock on a String#
A child ties a 0.75 kg rock to the end of a string and whirls it at a constant speed in a horizontal circle of radius 39 cm.
Part 1#
What, approximately, is the maximum speed at which the rock may be whirled if the string will break when the tension exceeds 300 N?
Answer Section#
12.0 m/s
2.0 m/s
19.0 m/s
-8.0 m/s
32.0 m/s
Attribution#
Problem is licensed under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.