Question: A bicycle is turned upside down while its owner repairs a flat tire. A friend spins the other wheel, of radius R, and observes that

A bicycle is turned upside down while its owner repairs a flat tire. A friend spins the other wheel, of radius R, and observes that drops of water fly off tangentially. She measures the height reached by drops moving vertically (Fig. P10.63). A drop that breaks loose from the tire on one turn rises a distance h1 above the tangent point. A drop that breaks loose on the next turn rises a distance h2
A bicycle is turned upside

Figure P10.63 Problems 63 and 64.

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