Solved: A flat puck (mass M) is revolved in a circle on a

Chapter 5, Problem 68GP

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A flat puck (mass M) is revolved in a circle on a frictionless air hockey table top, and is held in this orbit by a massless cord which is connected to a dangling mass (mass m) through a central hole as shown in Fig. 5–46. Show that the speed of the puck is given by \(v=\sqrt{m g R / M}\).

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v=sqrt{mgR/M}