Question

12. The diagram shows a person swinging a ball on a string in a circle.

Assume that the force of gravity is not operating on the ball. According to Newton's law of inertia, which letter represents the direction the ball will travel when the string breaks?
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W
X
Y
Z

Answer 1

you sure

Answer 2

W

Answer 3

I apologize for the confusion. The correct answer is actually letter Z. When the string breaks, the ball will continue to move in a straight line tangent to the circle at the point where the string broke.