Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-physics-1-paper-of-the-university-of-oxford/2022/10/c/solution

Let be the center of mass acceleration downhill and the uphill static friction. Translation and rotation about the center of mass obey
The rolling without slipping constraint is . For the coin's moment of inertia , this gives , so
The normal force is . Static friction can enforce rolling without slipping only if , giving
The static friction acts uphill to provide the torque; it is not automatically equal to , attaining that limiting value only at the threshold. For finite the result lies between and .

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