A skier of mass
at an exhibition wants to loop-the-loop on a
special (frictionless) ice track of radius
set up as shown.
Suppose
. All answers should be given in terms of
,
and
. (Note that the picture is not drawn strictly to scale for
ease of viewing.)
a) What is her apparent ``weight'' (the normal force exerted by the track on her skis) when she is upside down at the top of the loop-the-loop?
b) What is her maximum apparent ``weight'' on the loop-the-loop and where (at what point on the loop-the-loop track) does it occur? Indicate the position on the figure.