Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Bret on Monday, January 28, 2013 at 11:22am.

An athlete whirls a 7.36 kg hammer tied to
the end of a 1.5 m chain in a horizontal circle.
The hammer moves at the rate of 1.07 rev/s.
What is the centripetal acceleration of the
hammer? Assume his arm length is included
in the length given for the chain.

What is the tension in the chain?

Physics - bobpursley, Monday, January 28, 2013 at 12:15pm
acceleration=w^2*radius

w=1.07*2PI radians/sec

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