You Are Swinging a 2 Kg Tin Can Around Your

Multiple Choice

You are swinging a 2 kg tin can around your head in a perfectly horizontal circle of radius 1 m with a speed of 6 m/s. (This is really not possible but we're saying it almost happens.) If the string can safely exert a force of 30 N will it be able to swing the can?

A) No because the required force is 36 N.
B) No because the required acceleration is 36 m/s².
C) Yes because only linear acceleration would break the string.
D) Yes because the weight of the can does not matter.