Homework Statement
A solid hemisphere with radius b has its flat surface glued to a horizontal table. Another solid hemisphere with radius a rests on top of the hemisphere of radius b so that the curved surfaces in contact. The surfaces of hemispheres are rough, meaning no slipping occurs...
I really do not know how to progress further. So I know that acceleration of the length of the upper string is equal in magnitude to the acceleration of the length of the lower string, because string's lengths are conserved.
But I am not sure how equations should be written.
Homework Statement
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A solid cylinder of mass m and radius r lies flat on frictionless horizontal table, with a massless string running halfway around it, as shown in Fig. 8.50. A mass also of mass m is attached to one end of the string, and you pull on the other end with a force T. The...