Complete Question
A 940-g rock is whirled in a horizontal circle at the end of a 1.30-m-long string, If the breaking strength of the string is 120 N, what's the minimum angle the string can make with the horizontal?
Answer:
The value is [tex]\theta = 4.41^o[/tex]
Explanation:
From the question we are told that
The mass of the rock is [tex]m_r = 940 \ g = 0.94 \ kg[/tex]
The length of the string is [tex]l = 1.30 \ m[/tex]
The breaking strength(i.e the maximum tension) on the string is [tex]T = 120 \ N[/tex]
Gnerally the vertical component of the tension experienced by the string is mathematically represented as
[tex]T_v = T sin(\theta)[/tex]
Generally this vertical component of tension is equivalent to the weight of the rock
So
[tex]Tsin (\theta) = mg[/tex]
=> [tex]\theta = sin^{-1} [\frac{mg}{ T} ][/tex]
=> [tex]\theta = sin^{-1} [\frac{0.940 *9.8 }{ 120} ][/tex]
=> [tex]\theta = 4.41^o[/tex]
