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AP Physics C: Mechanics
3.4 Conservation of Energy
3.1 Translational Kinetic Energy
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A pendulum bob released from rest with the string horizontal.
A pendulum bob released from rest with the string horizontal.
A pendulum consists of a small bob of mass \(0.50\text{ kg}\) attached to the end of a light string of length \(1.2\text{ m}\). The bob is pulled aside until the string is horizontal and taut, and then released from rest. As the bob swings downward through the lowest point of its circular path, what is the tension in the string?

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