A boy takes a 1.5-kg rock and ties it to the end of a 0.80-m-long, massless, uniform rope. He then swings the rock in a vertical circle. If the speed of the rock at the bottom of the swing is 5.0 m/s, what is the tension in the rope?

A boy takes a 1.5-kg rock and ties it to the end of a 0.80-m-long, massless, uniform rope. He then swings the rock in a vertical circle. If the speed of the rock at the bottom of the swing is 5.0 m/s, what is the tension in the rope?

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A boy takes a 1.5-kg rock and ties it to the end of a 0.80-m-long, massless, uniform rope. He then swings the rock
in a vertical circle. If the speed of the rock at the bottom of the swing is 5.0 m/s, what is the tension in the rope?
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a. 52 N
Ob.72 N
OC. 57 N
d. 67 N
e. 62 N

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