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Conical Pendulum HELP (1 Viewer)

Thread starter kcqn93
Start date Jun 17, 2010

kcqn93

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If the string with a particle moving in a circular motion breaks, what happens to the tension??

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nat_doc

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it equals zero?

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random-1005

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kcqn93 said:
If the string with a particle moving in a circular motion breaks, what happens to the tension??

it just disappears, and by newtons first law the balls continues to travel in a straight line ( a tangent to the circle) from where the rope broke

kcqn93

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nat_doc said:
it equals zero?

k thought so, just cant seem to get this one question... lol thanks

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