Question: A ball on the end of a string is whirled with constant speed in a counterclockwise horizontal circle. At point A in the circle, the

A ball on the end of a string is whirled with constant speed in a counterclockwise horizontal circle. At point A in the circle, the string breaks. Which of the curves sketched below most accurately represents the path that the ball will take after the string breaks (as seen from above)? Explain. 


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