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A girl swinging on a maypole has a mass of 36 kg and moves at 2.0 m/s, creating an angle of 20 degrees with the vertical. The vertical component of tension in the rope is calculated as 360 N, but the user struggles with finding the horizontal component, total tension, net force, and radius of the circular motion. There is confusion about correctly splitting the tension into its x and y components, with emphasis on understanding vector decomposition. The user expresses frustration and seeks clarification on how to proceed with the calculations. Assistance with these physics concepts is urgently requested.
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Physics Tension Question, Need urgent help

A Girl is swinging on a maypole in a playground. The Girl has a mass of 36Kg and, when she is moving with speed of 2.0m/s, the light rope makes an angle of 20 Degrees with the vertical. Consider the motion of the center of mass of the girl, which movies in a circle of radius r


A) What is the vertical Component of the Tension in the Rope?

B)What is the horizontal component of the tension in the Rope?

C)What is the tension in the rope?

D) What is the net force acting on the girl?

E)What is the radius of the circle?

Any Help would be Very Helpful. I did Part A with T=mg and got the correct answer of 360N, but i am stuck with B-E.
 
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The vertical component is mg, not T=mg.

The horizontal component is Tcosθ. What is the value of T?
 


rock.freak667 said:
The vertical component is mg, not T=mg.

The horizontal component is Tcosθ. What is the value of T?



i don't know it doesn't have it, what i wrote down is all the information that we know
 


alexparker said:
i don't know it doesn't have it, what i wrote down is all the information that we know

When you split the tension into two components, what are they?

Ty=?
Tx= ?
 


rock.freak667 said:
When you split the tension into two components, what are they?

Ty=?
Tx= ?

sorry buddy but i have no idea, i am completely stumped on this question
 


alexparker said:
sorry buddy but i have no idea, i am completely stumped on this question


Do you know how to split a vector into its x and y components?
 

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