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The discussion revolves around calculating various components of tension in a rope while a girl swings on a maypole. The girl has a mass of 36 kg and swings at a speed of 2.0 m/s, creating a 20-degree angle with the vertical. The vertical component of tension has been calculated correctly as 360 N, but assistance is needed for the horizontal component, total tension, net force, and radius of the circular motion. To find the horizontal tension, the relationship between vertical and horizontal components using trigonometry is emphasized, along with applying Newton's second law for net force and centripetal acceleration to determine the radius. Overall, the thread seeks help in completing the physics problem related to tension and motion.
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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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If you got the vert comp. of the tension correct (T_v), implying no net force in the vert direction, then the horiz comp. T_h, and Tension (T) comes from trig and the pythagorean theorem. Find the net force in horiz direction and apply Newton 2 and your knowledge of centripetal acceleration to solve for r.
 


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