Physical Science
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ISBN: 9780077862626
Author: Bill Tillery, Stephanie J. Slater, Timothy F. Slater
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 28AC
A ball is swinging in a circle on a string when the string length is doubled. At the same velocity, the force on the string will be
a. twice as great.
b. four times as great.
c. one-half as much.
d. one-fourth as much.
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