Review. As a prank, someone has balanced a pumpkinat the highest point of a grain silo

Chapter 8, Problem 66

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Review. As a prank, someone has balanced a pumpkinat the highest point of a grain silo. The silo is toppedwith a hemispherical cap that is frictionless when wet. The line from the center of curvature of the cap tothe pumpkin makes an angle ui 5 08 with the vertical.While you happen to be standing nearby in the middleof a rainy night, a breath of wind makes the pumpkinstart sliding downward from rest. It loses contact withthe cap when the line from the center of the hemisphereto the pumpkin makes a certain angle with thevertical. What is this angle?

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