A massless rope of length
L has a small ball of mass
m attached to its midpoint and an identical ball of mass
m attached to its end. The rope is swung in a horizontal circle about its fixed other end with a constant angular velocity
ω. When
ω is very large (so that the rope is nearly horizontal), let
h1 be the vertical depth of the middle mass below the pivot, and
h2 be the vertical depth of the end mass below the pivot. What is the ratio
h1/h2?