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    Net Force on a Spinning Ball Attached to a String Question

    Thank you for the welcome and quick reply. :) I agree with your opinion on the topic, not only is it confusing, it's also pretty rare to find good explanations. Thank you for clearing this up though, like you said we can only take into account tension and gravity, so the net force must be...
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    Net Force on a Spinning Ball Attached to a String Question

    Hi all, I have a conceptual question about the net force of a rotating or spinning ball attached to a string. If we have a situation such as a tether-ball game where the ball is being swung around a string at an angle to the vertical, is the net force the tension in the string, or the...
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