A child of mass 20 kg sits on a swing of length 4 m and swings through a vertical height of 0.9 m as shown in figure 2.

      

A child of mass 20 kg sits on a swing of length 4 m and swings through a vertical height of 0.9 m as shown in figure 2.
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Determine:
(i) Speed of the child when passing through the lowest point.
(ii) Force exerted on the child by the seat of the swing when passing through the lowest point.

  

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John
(i) Potential energy lost = kinetic energy gained

mgh = $\frac{1}{2}mv^2$

2 x 10 x 0.9 = $\frac{1}{2}$ x v2

v = $\sqrt18$ = 4.24 m/s

(ii) Force is centripetal = $\frac{mv^2}{r}$ = $\frac{20 \times 4.24^2}{4}$ = 89.9 N
johnmulu answered the question on June 2, 2017 at 08:22


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