Va rolling sliding string rod In the figures above, (a) shows a ball rolling without slipping...
Va rolling sliding string rod In the figures above, (a) shows a ball rolling without slipping on a track; (b) shows the ball sliding on a frictionless track; (c) shows the ball on a string; (d) shows the ball attached to a rigid massless rod attached to a frictionless pivot. In all four figures the ball has the smallest velocity at the bottom of its circular trajectory that will suffice for the ball to reach the top while still moving in a circle (note that the velocities are not drawn to scale). Correctly ordinally rank these minimum velocities, for example va = Vb < ve < vd is a possible (but probably incorrect) answer.