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A spherical rock (R= 19 cm, p=3350 kg/m^3) is attached to the end of a copper wire (diameter 3 mm, effective length of 1.21 m) and then revolved in a circular path in a vertical plane with a period of 0.97 s. Determine the maximum and the minimum length of the copper wire. (You may assume the path remains circular and the motion is uniform).
Density of rock
Radius of rock
Length of copper wire
Radius of copper wire
Young's modulus of copper wire
Time taken for the rock to complete one revolution is
Speed of rock in the circle is
Mass of rock is
, ( is the tension in the copper wire)
At the bottom of circle ,
Net force acting on the rock is
( is the distance from the center of circle to center of rock)
tension in the wire is
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At the top of circle ,
Net force acting on the rock is
tension in the wire is
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Maximum length of copper wire is
Minimum length of copper wire is