Question

A boy is whirling an apple around on the end of a piece of string. What will happen to
the path of the apple if the string breaks?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The boy is whirling an apple around on the end of a piece of string. The tension in the string pulls on the apple, keeping it moving in a circle. ... If the force disappears, the object will move off at a tangent to the circle; it will not fly outwards, away from the centre