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A flexible cable of length L which weighs M kg m^–1 hangs over a pulley of negligible mass, radius, and friction. Initially, the cable is just balanced. It is given a slight push to unbalance it, and it proceeds to accelerate. Find its speed as the end flies off the pulley.

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Gabriel Lombardi (pdf 23K)

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