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Chapter 9 Problem 49E

Question

CP? A thin, light wire is wrapped around the rim of a wheel (?Fig. E9.45?). The wheel rotates without friction about a stationary horizontal axis that passes through the center of the wheel. The wheel is a uniform disk with radius R = 0.280 m. An object of mass ?m? = 4.20 kg is suspended from the free end of the wire. The system is released from rest and the suspended object descends with constant acceleration. If the suspended object moves downward a distance of 3.00 m in 2.00 s, what is the mass of the wheel?

Solution

Solution 49E We shall have to calculate the acceleration of the suspended object in order to proceed the other calculations. Distance moved by the object s = 3.00 m Time t = 2.00 s 1 2 From the equation s = at 2 we can calculate the acceleration as follows. a = 2s/t2 2 2 a = 2 × 3.00/(2.00) m/s 2 a = 1.5 m/s

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Title University Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
ISBN 9780321675460

CP A thin, light wire is wrapped around the rim of a wheel

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