A boy whirls a stone with uniform speed in a horizontal circle of radius 2 m and at height 2 m above the ground. The string breaks and the stone flies off horizontally and strikes the ground after traveling a horizontal distance of 2 m. What was the magnitude of the stone's centripetal acceleration (in m/s2) when it was in circular motion?

Diego is trying to lift a piano to the second floor of his house. diego uses a pulley system and gives a big lift to the piano. the piano moves upward, then stops, and then it starts to fall to the ground. which list best describes the forces on the piano in the proper order? a.positive force, balanced force, negative force b.negative force, balanced force, positive force c.positive force, unbalanced force, negative force d. negative force, unbalanced force, positive force