Asked by sandhya

A 1-kg mass hangs by a string from a disk with radius 5.1 cm which has a rotational inertia of 5 × 10-5 kg•m2. After it falls a distance of 1.4 meters, how fast is it going?
What is the angular velocity of the disk?

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Answered by drwls
Is the string wound around the disc, so that the disc spins when the weight falls?

If so, then use

M g H = (1/2)M V^2 + (1/2) I*(V/R)^2

to solve for V, the velocity when H = 1.4 m.

The second term on the right is the disc's rotational kinetic energy. V/R is the angular velocity that they want.
Answered by sandhya
Thanks a lot
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