As a result of this rotation, the point A\(^{\prime}\) that was initially on the wall straight across from the puck has moved (following the magenta dashed line) to the position B\(^{\prime}\), so to ...As a result of this rotation, the point A\(^{\prime}\) that was initially on the wall straight across from the puck has moved (following the magenta dashed line) to the position B\(^{\prime}\), so to an observer in the rotating room, looking at things from the point O, the puck appears to head for the wall and drift a little to the right while doing so.
As long as our object is in contact with the surface, the forces acting on it are the normal force (which points along the radial direction, so it makes a negative contribution to the centrifugal forc...As long as our object is in contact with the surface, the forces acting on it are the normal force (which points along the radial direction, so it makes a negative contribution to the centrifugal force) and gravity, which has a component \(mg \cos \theta\) along the radius, towards the center of the circle (see Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\)(b), the dashed light blue line).
