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Centripetal Forces
8. Centripetal Forces & Gravitation / Centripetal Forces / Problem 6

A toy is made using a frictionless spherical shell with an inner radius of 35 cm and a tiny pearl of mass 8.0 g. The pearl lies on the inner shell, as shown in the figure. The shell can rotate about a fixed vertical axis at various angular speeds. When playing, a child remarks that the pearl moves from the bottom of the shell to a higher position only when the shell rotates at an angular speed greater than ωa. The line that connects the center of the shell to the pearl forms an angle α with the vertical. Find ωa in revolutions per minute.


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