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A skier starts at the top of a very large, frictionless snowball with a very small initial speed, and skis straight down the side.
At what point does she lose contact with the snowball and fly off at a tangent? That is, at the instant the loses contact with the snowball, what angle alpha does a radial line from the centre of the snowball to the skier make with the vertical?
This one has a picture, too.
A skier starts at the top of a very large, frictionless snowball with a very small initial speed, and skis straight down the side.
At what point does she lose contact with the snowball and fly off at a tangent? That is, at the instant the loses contact with the snowball, what angle alpha does a radial line from the centre of the snowball to the skier make with the vertical?
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. " - Bertrand Russell
The Triumph of Stupidity in Mortals and Others 1931-1935
The Triumph of Stupidity in Mortals and Others 1931-1935
