A child is sledding on a semi-circular hill as shown, starting from rest at the top of the hill. Assume a frictionless surface. At some point down the hill the sled leaves the surface.
When the sled leaves the surface, the normal force is zero. Calculate where this happens (ie, at what value of the angle θ). (Hint: at that instant consider the motion to be uniform circular motion).

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A child is sledding on a semi-circular hill as shown, starting from rest at the top of the hill. Assume a frictionless surface. At some point down the hill the sled leaves the surface.
When the sled leaves the surface, the normal force is zero. Calculate where this happens (ie, at what value of the angle θ). (Hint: at that instant consider the motion to be uniform circular motion).

anonymous · Answer

1000 internets to whoever can figure this out

anonymous · Answer

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