Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 12CQ
If a ball is whirled in a vertical circle with constant speed, at what point in the circle, if any, is the tension in the string the greatest? Explain. (Hint: Compare this situation to the Ferris wheel described in section 5.2.)
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