A flat puck (mass M) is rotated in a circle on a frictionless air-hockey tabletop, and is

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A flat puck (mass M) is rotated in a circle on a frictionless air-hockey tabletop, and is held in this orbit by a light cord connected to a dangling block (mass M) through a central hole as shown in Fig. 5-36. Show that the speed of the puck is given by


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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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