Escaping from a tomb raid gone wrong, Lara Croft (m = 66.0 kg) swings across an alligator-infested river from a 9.05-m-long vine. If her speed at the bottom of the swing is 6.30 m/s and she makes it safely across the river, what is the minimum breaking strength of the vine? ?N

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Escaping from a tomb raid gone wrong, Lara Croft (m = 66.0 kg) swings across an alligator-infested river from a 9.05-m-long vine. If her speed at the bottom of the swing is 6.30 m/s and she makes it safely across the river, what is the minimum breaking strength of the vine? ?N

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