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    Feb 27, 2010, 09:16 AM
    Tension in a chain
    A mythical warrior swings a 5.6-kg mace on the end of a magically massless 86-cm chain in a horizontal circle above his head. The mace makes one full revolution in 1.8s. Find the tension in the magical chain.
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    Feb 27, 2010, 11:52 AM

    In fact, it's asking you what is the centripetal force on the mace.

    You have:
    mass, m = 5.6 kg
    radius, r = 0.86 m
    periodic time, T = 1.8 s

    You must find omega (), the angular velocity and use the formulae
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