Note: All parts can be solved using standard techniques from the high school physics Olympiad syllabus.
Optional Story: PhysElo is designing a new grading droid with a spherical base and a conical computing top. Unfortunately, whenever it reads a terrible physics proof, the droid tips and wobbles uncontrollably across the desk. Please help the team must analyze its stability and oscillatory mechanics before deploying the unit:
Problem: A solid sphere of radius
R is truncated horizontally at a distance
z=R/2 above its geometric center. A solid right circular cone of height
H is attached to the sphere such that its base coincides with the flat cut. The combined object has uniform density
ρ, total mass
M, and rests upright on a horizontal floor.