7. A particle of mass 0.5 kg is hanging vertically at one end of a light inextensible string of length 0.6 m . The other end of the string is attached to a fixed point.
The particle is given an initial horizontal speed of \(u \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\).
- Show that the particle will perform complete circles if \(u \geq \sqrt { 3 g }\).
Given that \(u = 5\),
- find, correct to the nearest degree, the angle through which the string turns before it becomes slack,
- find, correct to the nearest centimetre, the greatest height the particle reaches above its position when the string becomes slack.