The Frictionless Bowl

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Description

A marble of 5.3g is in a rather large, frictionless bowl and moves as depicted in the above animation (mouse-click for position given in meters and time given in seconds).

Question

Determine the velocity of the marble at the bottom of the bowl. Explain how you determined your answer.

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