A "swing" ride at a carnival consists of chairs that are swung in a circle by 11.5 m cables attached to a vertical rotating pole, as the drawing shows. Suppose the total mass of a chair and its occupant is 204 kg. (a) Determine the tension in the cable attached to the chair. (b) Find the speed of the chair.
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It depends on the angle the chairs are indicating
Not sure of B, but I can tell you A.
T = mg / (cos theta)
T = (204*9.81) / cos (theta)
The angle should have been given to you.
T = mg / (cos theta)
T = (204*9.81) / cos (theta)
The angle should have been given to you.