Question

An athlete whirls an 8.75 kg hammer tied to the end of a 1.5 m chain in a simple horizontal circle where you should ignore any vertical deviations. The hammer moves at the rate of 0.765 rev/s. What is the centripetal acceleration of the hammer? Assume his arm length is included in the length given for the chain. Answer in units of m/s2.
013 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points What is the tension in the chain? Answer in units of N

Answer 1