Alice and Bob are having fun throwing a ball to each other on a merry-go-round. Charlie looks at the game from outside of the merry-go-round. From his perspective, the ball thrown by Alice flies straight along the -axis at a constant velocity of to Bob. Bob can catch this ball after the flight time because the merry-go-round has completed a quarter turn in the meantime.
But how does Alice observe (rotating reference system)? What average speed (average of absolute value of velocity vector) does the ball have from Alice's perspective?
Give the answer in units of and with an accuracy of 3 decimal places.
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Bonus question: Which (fictitious) forces act on the ball in the rotating reference system? How can we explain the path of the ball?
A spherical ball of mass is kept at the highest point in the space between two fixed concentric spheres and . The smaller sphere has a radius and the space between the two spheres has a width . The ball has a diameter very slightly less than . All surfaces are frictionless. The ball is given a gentle push towards the right . The angle made by the radius vector of the ball with the upward vertical is . What is the total normal reaction force exerted by the spheres on the ball in terms of angle ?
A rope loop of radius and mass rotates on a frictionless table such that the tangential velocity of any point on the loop is
Find the tension in the loop (in Newtons).
A boy runs on a circular path of radius with constant speed .
Another boy starts from the center of the circle to catch the first boy. The second boy always moves towards the first one. and maintains a speed of . How long will the chase last in seconds?
Details and Assumptions:
1) Ignore air friction.
2) Take .
Consider a body, attached to a string of length , to be initially at rest in the vertical plane. It can be proved that if we give the body an initial velocity of , then, the body can make complete revolutions in the vertical plane about the point of suspension.
Let us consider that the body, initially at rest, is given a velocity . If at this value of the body eventually hits the point of suspension then we can write:
Find .