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saltrock
Sep19-04, 04:57 PM
Hi i am quite good on horizontal and vertical circular motion,but i always get confused by this formulae,Tsin(theta)=mv^2/r and T cos(theta)=mg.In what situation i should use sin or coz formula coz i always end up using the wrong formula all the time.i use sin instead of cos and cos instead of sin as i dont know under what circumstance i should use these.Is this related to vertical or horizontal circular motion?

devious_
Sep19-04, 05:00 PM
Why don't you draw a sketch of the problem? You could then pick whichever angle you want, and resolve the components of T whichever way you want.

saltrock
Sep19-04, 05:29 PM
Thanx for your reply devious