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Physics help please...centripetal acceleration

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θ = 8.The horizontal component of tension force is directed toward the center of the circle. So,Mass = 60 g = 0.06 kg, radius = 20 cm = 0.......
A conical pendulum is formed by attaching a 60 g mass to a 1.4 m string. The mass swings around a horizontal circle of radius 20 cm.
(a) What is the speed of the mass?

(b) What is the acceleration of the mass?

(c) What is the tension in the string?

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The website below has picture of conical pendulum.
http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Class/phy141md/…

The length of the string is the hypotenuse of a right triangle. The radius of the circle is the side opposite the angle, θ. Radius = 20 cm = 0.2 m
Radius = (length of the string) * sin θ = 1.4 * sin θ
0.2 = 1.4 * sin θ
Sin θ = 0.2/1.4
θ = 8.21321˚

The horizontal component of tension force is directed toward the center of the circle. So, this force is the centripetal force
Ft * sin θ = m * v^2 / r
Mass = 60 g = 0.06 kg, radius = 20 cm = 0.2 m
Ft * 0.2/1.4 = 0.06 * v^2 / 0.2
Multiply both sides by 1.4/0.2
Ft = 1.4/0.2 * 0.06 * v^2 / 0.2
Ft = 2.1 * v^2

The vertical component of tension force is supporting the weight of the object.
Ft * cos θ = m * g
2.1 * v^2 * cos 8.21321˚= 0.06 * 9.8 = 0.588
v^2 = 0.588 ÷ (2.1 * cos 8.21321˚) =
Velocity = √[0.588 ÷ (2.1 * cos 8.21321˚)] = 0.532 m/s
Ft = 2.1 * 0.588 ÷ (2.1 * cos 8.21321˚)
Ft = 0.594 N

Check:
Ft * sin θ = m * v^2 / r
0.594 * sin 8.21321˚ = 0.06 * 0.532^2 / 0.2
0.0849 = 0.0849
The answers for Ft and v are correct.

(a) What is the speed of the mass = 0.532 m/s

(b) What is the acceleration of the mass?
The only acceleration that object has is centripetal acceleration = v^2/r = 0.532^2/0.2

(c) What is the tension in the string? = 0.594 N

I hope this helps understand how to solve this type of problem!

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The angle between the string and the vertical = ar sin(0.2/1.4) = 8.21 degrees.
c) T cos(8.21) = mg = 0.06*9.8 => T = 1.68 N
b) a(c) = F(c) / m = T sin(8.21) / 0.06 = 4 m/s^2
a) mv^2/r = T(c) => 0.24 = 0.06v^2 / 0.2 => v = 0.89 m/s
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