Question

Two astronauts, Amy and Bill are tethered together by a massless cord a hundred meters apart in deep space. Amys mass is 55.0kg and Bills mass is 74.5kg. Amy and Bill are rotating around each other such that Amy completes 5.90 circles every minute. Amy begins to pull herself along the rope towards Bill. When she is 80 meters from Bill, what is the tension in the rope?

Answer 1