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A point mass m starts to slide from rest from the top of a smooth solid sphere of radius r. Calculate the angle at which the mass flies off the sphere. If there is friction between the mass and sphere, does the mass fly off at a greater or lesser angle ?

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`48^(@)12'` ; greater angle
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