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A circular tube of mass M is placed vertically on a horizontal surface as shown in the figure. Two small spheres, each of mass m, just fit in the tube are released from the top, as shown in the figure. If θ gives the angle between radius vector of either ball with the vertical, obtain the value of the ratio m/M for which the tube breaks its contact with ground when θ=60 (Ignore any friction)

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Using conservation of energy principle, if v be the speed of either ball when its radius vector makes angle θ with vertically upwards direction.
mgR[1cosθ]=12mv2
mv2R=2mg[1cosθ]
Free body diagram of ball:
N is the normal reaction by tube walls on ball B.
N be the normal recation force by ground on tube.
From F.B.D. (ii);
N=mgcosθmv2R
=mgcosθ2mg[1cosθ]
From F.B.D. (ii),
N=2Ncosθ+Mg
At the instant tube breaks its contact with ground N=0
Mg+[mgcosθ2mg(1cosθ)]2cosθ=0
for θ=60, we get m/M=2.

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