A 2 kg rock is attached to a 3 m string. The rock is swung in a horizontal circle, making one revolution in 4s. The magnitude of the centripetal acceleration ac and the magnitude of the tension force exerted by the string on the rock are

A 2 kg rock is attached to a 3 m string. The rock is swung in a horizontal circle, making one revolution in 4s. The magnitude of the centripetal acceleration ac and the magnitude of the tension force exerted by the string on the rock are

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Chapter3: Motion In Two Dimensions

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Centripetal Force

A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.

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