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AP Physics 1
2.9 Circular Motion
IntermediateMCQProportional Analysis17.7k
Bird's-eye view of a block attached to a string moving in a horizontal circle on a frictionless table.
Bird's-eye view of a block attached to a string moving in a horizontal circle on a frictionless table.
A small block of mass \(m\) is attached to an ideal string and undergoes uniform circular motion on a horizontal, frictionless surface. The string is anchored to the center of the surface, and the block moves with a constant speed \(v\) in a circle of radius \(R\). The tension in the string has a magnitude \(F\). The experiment is repeated with the same block, but the speed is increased to \(2v\) and the radius is decreased to \(R/2\). What is the new magnitude of the tension in the string?

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