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Understand the setup
- Mass of bob:
- String length:
- Height of suspension point above floor:
- Horizontal impulse given:
Since the bob is initially on the floor vertically below the support, the vertical distance from support to floor is , while string length is .
Therefore initially the string is slack by
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Motion before the string becomes taut
The bob lies on the frictionless floor, so it can move only horizontally while on the floor.
The impulse gives the bob horizontal momentum
Hence its speed just after impulse is
Since the floor is frictionless and the string is slack, the bob continues with constant horizontal speed until the string becomes taut.
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When does the string become taut?
Let the support be at height m above the floor. While the bob is on the floor, its vertical distance below the support remains m.
If the bob has moved horizontally by distance , then the distance from support to bob is
The string becomes taut when this distance equals m: Squaring,
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Angular momentum about the point of suspension just before lift-off
Just before lift-off, the bob is still moving horizontally with momentum magnitude
Angular momentum about the support is
The line of motion is horizontal along the floor, whose perpendicular distance from the support is simply m.
Therefore,
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Speed just after lift-off
At the instant the string becomes taut, the impulsive tension can only remove the radial component of velocity; the tangential component remains.
Let be the angle the string makes with the vertical at lift-off. Then
The bob's velocity just before tautening is horizontal: m/s.
The tangential component relative to circular motion is equal to
Using ,
This is the speed just after lift-off.
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Kinetic energy just after lift-off
Therefore,
Hence,
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Final answer
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