Consider a string with several rocks tied along its length at equally spaced intervals. You whirl the string overhead so that the rocks follow circular paths. Compared with a rock at the end of the string, a rock at the middle moves

A) half as fast.
B) twice as fast.
C) at the same linear speed.


Answer: A

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