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Mechanics 2 Circular Motion question

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Resolving the forces horizontally should equal Rcos() + Tsin() = Ma but I got a negative. Can someone help me out?
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Original post by Lucasium
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I get -T sin ()?
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Original post by Lucasium
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Hope this helps, do excuse my horrid paint skills.
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Original post by Zacken


Hope this helps, do excuse my horrid paint skills.

Thanks, I also did
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Original post by Lucasium
Thanks, I also did


No problem.
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Original post by Zacken
No problem.


Fancy trying part a?
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Original post by Lucasium
Fancy trying part a?


Sorry, didn't get a notification for some reason, what is troubling you about it? You'll probably need to end up drawing a triangle and using trig, use F = mv^2/r, etc...

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