A plane inclined at an angle of ends in a circular loop of radius . The plane and the loop join smoothly. A marble (a solid sphere) of negligible radius and mass is released from the slope at height . What is the lowest value of the coefficient of friction if the marble rolls along the path without sliding?
The answer is in the form of where and are positive coprime integers. Find
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