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is the horizontal displacement from the middle point of the motion. The shape of the surface is such that the relationship between net force in the horizontal axis and displacement is given by the expression
where g is the acceleration of free-fall and r is the radius of the curvature of the surface.
Outline why the ball performs simple harmonic motion.
2.The radius r of the frictionless surface and the mass m of the ball are and respectively.
(1)
Show that
(2)Calculate, in , the time taken for the ball to reach point after being released from the highest point.
The time needed for the motion= s
(3)Draw, on the axes, the graph to show how the kinetic energy of the ball varies with displacement during its motion from the start until it reaches point . Be sure to include the values for the vertical and horizontal intercepts.