0.50 kg mass is attached to a string 1.0 m long and moves in a horizontal circle completing 1 revolution in 0.5 seconds. Calculate: a) the centripetal acceleration of the mass. b) the tension in the string.

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A 0.50 kg mass is attached to a string 1.0 m long and moves in a horizontal circle completing 1 revolution in 0.5 seconds.

Calculate:

a) the centripetal acceleration of the mass.

b) the tension in the string. 

 

Answers: a) 160 m/s b) 79 N 

 

please explain how it got that answer using GRESA method

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