Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition
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Chapter5: Displacement And Force In Two Dimensions
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A body of mass m and negligible size starts from rest and slides down the surface of a frictionless solid sphere of radius R. (See below.) Prove that the body leaves the sphere when θ = cos−1 (2/3).

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