A sphere of mass 3.00 × 10-4 kg is suspended from a cord. A steady horizontal breeze pushes the sphere to the right so that the cord makes a constant angle of 30.0° with the vertical. Find (a) the push magnitude and (b) the tension in the cord.

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A sphere of mass 3.00 × 10-4 kg is suspended from a cord. A steady horizontal breeze pushes the sphere to the right so that the cord makes a constant angle of 30.0° with the vertical. Find (a) the push magnitude and (b) the tension in the cord.

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