body is being spun by a piece of string in a horizontal circle of radius 2.50 m on a flat, frictionless surface. It spins at a rate of 3.5 rev/s. If the tension in the string is 3.0 kN, what is the mass of the body (in kg) being spun? answer: 2.5kg

body is being spun by a piece of string in a horizontal circle of radius 2.50 m on a flat, frictionless surface. It spins at a rate of 3.5 rev/s. If the tension in the string is 3.0 kN, what is the mass of the body (in kg) being spun? answer: 2.5kg

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A body is being spun by a piece of string in a horizontal circle of radius 2.50 m
on a flat, frictionless surface. It spins at a rate of 3.5 rev/s.

If the tension in the string is 3.0 kN, what is the mass of the
body (in kg) being spun?

answer: 2.5kg

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