If you dunked a basketball and hung on to the rim, what force or forces would be acting on you while you were hanging on the rim?

a. tension and gravitational forces
b. tension force only
c. gravitational force only

Respuesta :

Selection A is appropriate.

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The rim is exerting an upward force on your fingers (creating tension in your fingers and arms); gravity is exerting a downward force on your body's center of mass.

A tension and gravitational forces