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The Pillory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

S. Richardson
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The following question was set in the University of London Inter mediate B.Sc. Applied Mathematics paper, 1922.

“Two masses of 2 lbs. and 3 lbs. are fastened at the ends of a light string of length 2 feet and placed on a smooth horizontal shelf 5 feet above the ground. The 2 1b. mass is placed on the edge of the shelf and the 3 lb. mass one foot away from the edge on a line perpendicular to the edge through the mass of 2 lbs. If the mass is gently pushed over the edge find the time that elapses before the 3 lb. mass strike the ground” (g=32 f.p.s2)

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 17 , Issue 224 , July 1933 , pp. 197 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1933

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