You have tied a short length of rope to the handle of a bucket full of water, and are swinging the bucket in a vertical circle with radius 60 cm. What is the minimum speed that the bucket must be moving in order for no water to spill out at the top of the circle? Vbucket=?

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mg =ma =mv²/R
v=sqrt(gR)=sqrt(9.8•0.6)=2.4 m/s
what does sqrt mean?
square root