are those actually olympiad questions? i saw opne at amazon and its called International Physics Olympiad. I'm just looking for the qualiofying exam questions (this is the exam where the top 200 scorers become semi finalists).
there are 3 concepts involved:
1. conservation of energy at the point when the ball leaves the smaller circle
2. speed at the point when the ball leaves the smaller circle.
3. freefall.
can someone who knows physics work it out for me. the concepts are quite simple. But the algebra i...
the question:
You have a supporting point and a ball connected by a
string of length 100cm. There is a peg at a distance d
below the supporting point. You release the ball from
rest at an instance when the ball is totally
horizontal to the point, it swings along an arc. When
the string...