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Grade 12Mechanics

A SMOOTH SPHERE OF RADIUS R is made to translate in a straight line with a constant acceleration a=g.A particle kept on the top of the sphere is released from there at zero velocity w.r.t. the sphere. find the speed of the particle w.r.t. the sphere as a function of theta as it slides down ??????? very urgenttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.......................

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15 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Aman  Bansal
15 Years ago

DEAR RAJAN JHA,

according to sphere's frame of reference

mg(sinØ+cosØ)= mv dv / r dØ

therefore

v=(2rg(cosØ - sinØ  - 1 ))1/2

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