Problem 6-23 Centripetal force
A child has tied a piece of wood of mass 0.47kg to a string and is swinging it in a vertical circle of radius 83cm. At the top of the circle:
(a) draw a free body diagram for the wood,
(b) determine the magnitude of the tension in the string, if the speed of the wood is 3.7m/s.
This problem is virtually solved if you get the FBD correct. Which is the right one?