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Posted by Alex on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 3:26pm.

A toy plane of mass 0.624 kg is flown in a circle when attached to a string. The plane moves around the circle with a rotational speed of 8.09 rpm. The length of the string is 2.60 m.

What is the tension in the string?

Physics - bobpursley, Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 5:57pm
tension=mass*w^2 * radius

w= 8.09 rpm*2PIrad/rev*1min/60 sec
Physics - Alex, Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 7:28pm
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