If the string breaks at the moment shown in the drawing above, which of the path

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If the string breaks at the moment shown in the drawing above, which of the paths, labeled A - S, best describes the trajectory of the object after the string breaks, but the object remains on the surface?

An object on the end of a string is going around a circle on a horizontal surface that is frictionless. The drawing shows the object and string looking down from above the surface. If the string breaks at the moment shown in the drawing above, which of the paths, labeled A - S, best describes the trajectory of the object after the string breaks, but the object remains on the surface?

Explanation / Answer

it will break away tangentially...so label A is the correct answer.

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