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You push a child on a swing. Why doesn’t the child continue in a vertical loop over the...

You push a child on a swing. Why doesn’t the child continue in a vertical loop over the top of the swing?

(a) The torque of the force that Earth exerts on the child pulls him back.

(b) The swing does not have enough kinetic energy when at the bottom.

(c) The swing does not have enough rotational momentum.

(d) All of the above are correct.

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