Problem: Gibbons, small Asiam apes, move by brachiation, swinging below a handhold to move forward to the next handhold. A 9.3 kg gibbon has an arm length (hand to shoulder) of 0.60m. We can model it's motion as that of a point mass swinging at the end of a 0.60-m-long, mass less rod. At the lowest point of its swing, the gibbon is moving at 3.2 m/s.
Part A: What upward force must a branch provide to support the swinging gibbon?
I want help to find what upward force a branch must provide to support the swinging gibbon.