A small ball rests at the bottom of a watch glass of radius R. It is displaced through a small distance x from this position and released. Calculate the total distance covered before it comes to the bottom and rests there. Coefficient of friction between watch glass surface and the ball is µ.
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Gravitation potential energy of particle 
work done by friction
by solving above equation, we get
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