A skier starts at the top of a very large frictionless snowball, with a very small initial speed, and skis straight down the side. At what angle (what point) does she lose contact with the snowball and fly off at a tangent ? That is, at the instant she loses contact with the snowball, what angle a does a radial line from the center of the snowball to the skier make with the vertical ?

A skier starts at the top of a very large frictionless snowball, with a very small initial speed, and skis straight down the side. At what angle (what point) does she lose contact with the snowball and fly off at a tangent ? That is, at the instant she loses contact with the snowball, what angle a does a radial line from the center of the snowball to the skier make with the vertical ?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter11: Gravity, Planetary Orbits, And The Hydrogen Atom

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