Chapter 5 Solution

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The period of circular motion can be written, using the radius r and velocity v,

2r
T=
v

, while the force to maintain the circular path of radius r is

mv 2
F=

Using those expression, the force F can be expressed as

m 4 2 2 4 2
F= ( )=
r 2

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STEP 1) Set up the proper coordinate system as, picture below.

19
1 62 2

x
STEP 2) Specify all the forces that the mass is exposed to and analyze those forces along the
coordinate youve set.

Let the mass of pack be M, gravitational acceleration g, the tension T1 , 2 for each rope.

x direction

T1 19 + 2 62 = 0

y direction

T1 19 + 2 62 =

STEP 3) Calculate the equations of motion in STEP 2)

1 29
T2 =
62