If a stone is tied to a string and whirled in a circle, and the string suddenly breaks, the stone will:

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When the stone is moving in a circle, its velocity vector is always tangential to the circle. The string provides the necessary centripetal force directed towards the center. When the string breaks, this inward force ceases to exist. Due to inertia of direction (Newton's First Law), the stone continues to move along the tangent at the point where the string broke.

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