Assignment:
A steel cylinder of mass 0.325 kg is tied to a string and allowed to revolve in a circle of radius 1.15 m on a frictionless horizontal table. The other end of the string passes through a hole in the center of the table, and a mass of 1.00 kg is tied to it. The suspended mass remains in equilibrium while the cylinder on the tabletop revolves.
(a) What is the tension in the string?
(b) What is the horizontal force acting on the steel cylinder?
(c) What is the speed of the steel cylinder?