A 2.5-kg object suspended from the ceiling by a string that has a length of 2.5 m is released from rest with the string 40° below the horizontal position. What is the tension in the string at the instant when the object passes through its lowest position?
a. 11 N
b. 25 N
c. 42 N
d. 18 N
e. 32 N
c
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Size of the Nucleus: Calculate the estimated nuclear radius of 
Sr?
A. 4.0 × 10-15 m B. 1.2 × 10-15 m C. 1.1 × 10-13 m D. 5.4 × 10-15 m E. 3.3 × 10-13 m
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A. The shower is best observed very early in the morning, before dawn. B. The radiant of the meteor shower is in the constellation of Leo. C. The shower occurs when Earth crosses the path of an old comet. D. All of these choices are correct.
Fissioning carbon would occur with
A) absorption of energy. B) release of energy. C) neither of these