The answer is c.
hope this helps! :)
Explanation:
(a) Draw a free body diagram of the cylinder at the top of the loop. At the minimum speed, the normal force is 0, so the only force is weight pulling down.
Sum of forces in the centripetal direction:
∑F = ma
mg = mv²/RL
v = √(g RL)
(b) Energy is conserved.
EE = KE + RE + PE
½ kd² = ½ mv² + ½ Iω² + mgh
kd² = mv² + Iω² + 2mgh
kd² = mv² + (m RC²) ω² + 2mg (2 RL)
kd² = mv² + m RC²ω² + 4mg RL
kd² = mv² + mv² + 4mg RL
kd² = 2mv² + 4mg RL
kd² = 2m (v² + 2g RL)
d² = 2m (v² + 2g RL) / k
d = √[2m (v² + 2g RL) / k]
D is the best answer. In many physics problems we treat an extended object as if it were a point with the same mass located at the center of mass.
Now I can actually edit my answer directly: I'm fairly sure I've got this wrong, and my mind has gone blank for how to do it, if someone could delete this that would be great and I'll think about it and see if I can figure it out!
