Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9, Problem 37SP
Imagine a weightless 2.00-kg mass far out in space. Suppose it is whirling at the end of a string in a 2.00-m-diameter circle at a speed of 4.00 m/s. Compute the tension in the string.
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