Question: 7 - 3 5 . Initially a disk of mass m and radius r is balancing vertically at the top of a fixed sphere of

7-35. Initially a disk of mass m and radius r is balancing vertically at the top of a fixed sphere of radius 2r. It is disturbed slightly from rest and rolls with planar motion down the sphere without slipping.
(a) At what angle 0, measured from the vertical, does the disk leave the sphere? (b) Find the tangential friction force F, as a function of 0 during the rolling motion.

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