Block Slides Down Giant Globe in Italy

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Homework Statement


there is a block sliding down a big globe in Italy.


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The Attempt at a Solution



does the globe have its own gravity?

i'm thinking its A and C.
 
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and so it is a and c

becuz

once the block leaves the globe

nothing is pushing the box up (but friction) and nothing is slowing the box down in the horizontal direction (but friction)

and so the only force is the earth?

right?
 
ok the next questions asks about about momentum

im thinking

centripetal acceleration cannot be zero becuz

is it zero? i don't think so becuz its traveling on a circular path prior to leaving the globe

normal force must be zero becuz nothing is pushing up

the net acceleration is down and its velocity is going right and down

the kinetic energy cannot equal its potential energy becuz you cannot tell if the box is halfway down the globe right?

so the only choice is normal force right?

B
 
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