A "swing" ride at a carnival consists of chairs that are swung in a circle by 11.3 m cables attached to a vertical rotating pole, as the drawing shows. Suppose the total mass of a chair and its occupant is 182 kg. (a) Determine the tension in the cable attached to the chair. (b) Find the speed of the chair.

A "swing" ride at a carnival consists of chairs that are swung in a circle by 11.3 m cables attached to a vertical rotating pole, as the drawing shows. Suppose the total mass of a chair and its occupant is 182 kg. (a) Determine the tension in the cable attached to the chair. (b) Find the speed of the chair.

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A "swing" ride at a carnival consists of chairs that are swung in a circle by 11.3 m cables attached to a vertical rotating pole, as the drawing shows. Suppose the total mass of a chair and its occupant is 182 k g . (a) Determine the tension in the cable attached to the chair. (b) Find the speed of the chair.

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