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No other forces have been given to me in the question. I am also not sure of the forces that will be acting on the free body diagram of the ball? Would it only be the force of gravity, the normal force, and the forces of the strings...?

Homework Statement A 1.0kg ball is attached to a rigid vertical rod by the means of two massless strongs each 1.0m long. The strings are attached to the rod at points 1.0m apart. The system is rotating about the axis of the rod, both strings being taut and forming an equilateral triangle with...

Oh, thanks! I really appreciate your help.

Thank you very much! =D It took me a while to understand it.. I thought what I was doing was wrong.

I'm not sure how to simplify the answer because I do not have many values to use...

Homework Statement A rubber stopper of mass 25g is suspended by string from a handrail of a subway car traveling directly eastward. As the subway train nears a station, it begins to slow down, causing the stopper and string to hang at an angle of 13 degrees from the vertical. What is the...