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Consider a conical pendulum having bob is mass m is suspended from a ceiling through a string of length L. The bob moves in a horizontal circle of radius r. Find (a) the angular speed of the bob and (b) the tension in the string.

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(a) `sqrt((g)/(sqrt(L^(2)-r^(2))))` (b) `(mgL)/(sqrt(L^(2)-r^(2)))`
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