Imagine that you are swinging a yoyo in a vertical clockwise circle in front of
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Question
Imagine that you are swinging a yoyo in a vertical clockwise circle in front of you, perpendicular to the direction you are facing. Now, imagine that the string breaks just as the yoyo reaches its bottommost position, nearest the floor. Which of the following describes the path of the yoyo after the string breaks? Fly upward in the direction of the centripetal force, fly downward in the direction of centripetal force, fly left in direction of tangent velocity, or fly right in the direction of the tangent velocity?
Explanation / Answer
fly left in direction of tangent velocity
the yoyo moves in the direction parallel to the tangent to the circle at the point of break. this is due to law of inertia.