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Perhaps it should. As far as the rest of the problem goes, I was able to determine that ##\phi=\omega t## and thus ##\dot{\phi}=\omega## so there is only one degree of freedom. I even got something as a result that looks like SHM: ##\ddot{r}=\left(\omega^2-\frac{k}{m}\right)r - \frac{k}{m}R...

Homework Statement A massless wire hoop of radius R is rotating in a horizontal plane about its central point with constant velocity ω. There is a tube of negligible mass pinned across the hoop on a line passing through the central point. Inside this tube is a spring of negligible mass with...