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of this system avoids the constraint provided by the equation of the circle.

Notice that the force of gravity acting on the mass is formulated in the usual Cartesian coordinates,
:where is the acceleration due to gravity.

The virtual work of gravity on the mass as it follows the trajectory is given by
:

The variation can be computed in terms of the coordinates and , or in terms of the parameter ,
:Thus, the virtual

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