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Why does the plane, tied on a string onto the ceiling, move in a horizontal circle, and why doesn’t the plane move up and down?

Why does the plane, tied on a string onto the ceiling, move in a horizontal circle-example-1
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Answer:

There’s a tangential velocity and centripetal force. The object moves in a circle because it’s falling towards the center of the circle (point directly under string) but the velocity is such that the object never gets closer to the center

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