Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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Chapter 9, Problem 36SP
A mass is whirling in a circle at the end of a cable, out in the far reaches of space. If the length of the cable is halved, all else kept constant, what happens to the tension in it?
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