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Homework Statement
A child's playground swing is supported by chains that are 4.0m long. If the swing is 0.50m above the ground and moving at 6.0 m/s when the chains are vertical, what is the maximum height of the swing?
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Back again.. this time I am LOST. I feel like this should be a circular motion type of problem, but that doesn't entirely make sense since I'm working on energy conservation, linear momentum, torque, and angular momentum. This is what I DO understand:
radius = 4.0m
vi = 6.0 m/s
vf = 0 m/s
The total height is whatever it is plus 0.50m.
I'm lost because I have no clue how to do the problem without a time component or a mass component or an angle. I understand that gravity plays a vertical role, slowing down the speed of the swing.