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Tangential Velocity
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This demo uses an apparatus that rotates a ball on a string and that provides a means to cut the string while the ball is in flight.


Fishbane Chapter:   5.4
HRW 9th:   6.05
Reese Chapter:   5.3
SJ 3rd Chapter:   5.2
PIRA DCS classification:   1D55.150

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University