A hockey puck with mass 230 g is attached to a rope of length 49.0 cm and swung in a horizontal circle against the ice at a rate of 71.0 rpm. Assuming the ice is frictionless, what is the tension in the rope?

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A hockey puck with mass 230 g is attached to a rope of length 49.0 cm and swung in a horizontal circle against the ice at a rate of 71.0 rpm. Assuming the ice is frictionless, what is the tension in the rope?

 

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