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A girl ties a stone of mass 250g with a piece of thread. Holding the other end of the thread at 45cm in length, she makes the stone revolve in a circle in a vertical plane at a constant speed.

Class: Form 4

Subject: Physics

Topic: Circular motion

Lesson Summary

A girl ties a stone of mass 250g with a piece of thread. Holding the other end of the thread at 45cm in length, she makes the stone revolve in a circle in a vertical plane at a constant speed. If the stone is making 3 revolutions, per second calculate;

a) The angular velocity.
b) Tension in the string when the stone is vertically above the girl’s hand.



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