Ball on a String Through a Hole · USAPhO 2014 #3

Physics · newtons-laws · rotational-motion

Problem

A ball of mass mm on a frictionless table moves in a circle of radius r0r_0 with angular velocity ω0\omega_0, attached to a string passing through a hole in the table. The string is slowly pulled from below, reducing the orbit radius to r0/2r_0/2. Find the new angular velocity.

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