A bead of mass m is attached to lower end of a light

Last updated: 6/14/2023

A bead of mass m is attached to lower end of a light inextensible thread that passes through a small frictionless hole in a horizontal tabletop The upper end of the thread is held motionless The bead is pulled aside and projected horizontally to move on a circular path of radius R with a speed vo at a particular depth below the tabletop Find work done in slowly pulling the thread upwards to reduce the depth of circular path of the bead to half of its previous value Do