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Problem 1CQ A rigid object rotates about a fixed axis. Do all points on the object have the same angular speed? Do all points on the object have the same linear speed? Explain.

Problem 119IP Suppose we use a new yo-yo that has the same mass as the original yo-yo and an axle of the same radius. The new yo-yo has a different mass distribution?most of its mass is concentrated near the rim. (a) Is the moment of inertia of the new yo-yo greater than, less than, or the same as that of the original yo-yo? (b) Find the moment of inertia of the new yo-yo if its speed after dropping from rest through a height h = 0.50 m is v = 0.64 m/s.

Problem 2CQ Can you drive your car in such a way that your tangential acceleration is zero while at the same time your centripetal acceleration is nonzero? Give an example if your answer is yes, state why not if your answer is no.

Problem 1P The following angles are given in degrees. Convert them to radians: 30°, 45°, 90°, 180°.

Problem 2P The following angles are given in radians. Convert them to degrees: ?/6, 0.70?, 1.5?, 5?.

Problem 3CQ Can you drive your car in such a way that your tangential acceleration is nonzero while at the same time your centripetal acceleration is zero? Give an example if your answer is yes, state why not if your answer is no.

Problem 3P Find the angular speed of (a) the minute hand and (b) the hour hand of the famous clock in London, England, that rings the bell known as Big Ben.

Problem 4CQ The fact that the Earth rotates gives people in New York a linear speed of about 750 mi/h. Where should you stand on the Earth to have the smallest possible linear speed?

Problem 5P Rank the following in order of increasing angular speed: an automobile tire rotating at 2.00 × 103 deg/s, an electric drill rotating at 400.0 rev/min, and an airplane propeller rotating at 40.0 rad/s.

Problem 4P Express the angular velocity of the second hand on a clock in trie following units: (a) rev/hr, (b) deg/min, and (c) rad/s.

Problem 5CQ At the local carnival you and a friend decide to take a ride on the Ferris wheel. As the wheel rotates with a constant angular speed, your friend poses the following questions: (a) is my linear velocity constant? (b) Is my linear speed constant? (c) is the magnitude of my centripetal acceleration constant? (d) Is the direction of my centripetal acceleration constant? What is your answer to each of these questions?

Problem 6CQ Why should changing the axis of rotation of an object change its moment of inertia, given that its shape and mass remain the same?

Problem 6P A spot of paint on a bicycle tire moves in a circular path of radius 0.33 m. When the spot has traveled a linear distance of 1.95 m, through what angle has the tire rotated? Give your answer in radians.

Problem 7CQ Give a common, everyday example for each of the following: (a) An object that has zero rotational kinetic energy but nonzero translational kinetic energy. (b) An object that has zero translational kinetic energy but nonzero rotational kinetic energy. (c) An object that has nonzero rotational and translational kinetic energies.

Problem 7P What is the angular speed (in rev/min) of the Earth as it orbits about the Sun?

Problem 8CQ Two spheres have identical radii and masses. How might you tell which of these spheres is hollow and which is solid?

Problem 8P Find the angular speed of the Earth as it spins about its axis. Give your result in rad/s.

Problem 9CQ At the grocery store you pick up a can of beef broth and a can of chunky beef stew. The cans are identical in diameter and. weight. Rolling both of them down the aisle with the same initial speed, you notice that the can of chunky stew rolls much farther than the can of broth. Why?

The Crab Nebula One of the most studied objects in the night sky is the Crab nebula, the remains of a supernova explosion observed by the Chinese in 1054. In 1968 it was discovered that a pulsar—a rapidly rotating neutron star that emits a pulse of radio waves with each revolution—lies near the center of the Crab nebula. The period of this pulsar is 33 ms. What is the angular speed (in rad/s) of the Crab nebula pulsar?

Problem 10CQ Suppose we change the race shown in Conceptual Checkpoint 10-4 so that a hoop of radius R and mass M races a hoop of radius R and mass 2M. (a) Does the hoop with mass M finish before, after, or at the same time as the hoop with mass 2M? Explain. (b) How would your answer to part (a) change if the hoops had different radii? Explain.

Problem 10P A 3.5-inch floppy disk in a computer rotates with a period of 2.00 × 10? 1 s. What are (a) the angular speed of the disk and (b) the linear speed of a point on the rim of the disk? (c) Does a point near the center of the disk have an angular speed that is greater than, less than, or the same as the angular speed found in part (a)? Explain. (Note: A 3.5-inch floppy disk is 3.5 inches in diameter.)

Problem 11P The angle an airplane propeller makes with the horizontal as a function of time is given by ? = (125 rad/s)t + (42.5 rad/s2)t 2. (a) Estimate the instantaneous angular velocity at t = 0.00 s by calculating the average angular velocity from t = 0.00 s to t = 0.010 s. (b) Estimate the instantaneous angular velocity at t ? 1.000 s by calculating the average angular velocity from t = 1.000 s to t = 1.010 s. (c) Estimate the instantaneous angular velocity at t = 2.000 s by calculating the average angular velocity from t = 2.000 s to t = 2.010 s. (d) Based on your results from parts (a), (b), and (c), is the angular acceleration of the propeller positive, negative, or zero? Explain. (e) Calculate the average angular acceleration from t = 0.00 s to t ? 1.00 s and from t = 1.00 s to t = 2.00 s. SECTION 10-2 ROTATIONAL KINEMATICS

Problem 12P An object at rest begins to rotate with a constant angular acceleration. If this object rotates through an angle ? in the time t, through what angle did it rotate in the time t /2?

Problem 13P An object at rest begins to rotate with a constant angular acceleration. If the angular speed of the object is w after the time t, what was its angular speed at the time t /2?

Problem 14P In Active Example, how long does it take before the angular velocity of the pulley is equal to ?5.0 rad/s?

Problem 15P In Example, through what angle has the wheel turned when its angular speed is 2.45 rad/s?

Problem 16P The angular speed of a propeller on a boat increases with constant acceleration from 12 rad/s to 26 rad/s in 2.5 revolutions. What is the acceleration of the propeller?

Problem 17P The angular speed of a propeller on a boat increases with constant acceleration from 11 rad/s to 28 rad/s in 2.4 seconds. Through what angle did the propeller turn during this time?

Problem 18P After fixing a flat tire on a bicycle you give the wheel a spin. (a) If its initial angular speed was 6.35 rad/s and it rotated 14.2 revolutions before coming to rest, what was its average angular acceleration? (b) For what length of time did the wheel rotate?

Problem 22P A centrifuge is a common laboratory instrument that separates components of differing densities in solution. This is accomplished by spinning a sample around in a circle with a large angular speed. Suppose that after a centrifuge in a medical laboratory is turned off, it continues to rotate with a constant angular deceleration for 10.2 s before coming to rest. (a) If its initial angular speed was 3850 rpm, what is the magnitude of its angular deceleration? (b) How many revolutions did the centrifuge complete after being turned off?

Problem 19P A ceiling fan is rotating at 0.96 rev/s. When turned off, it slows uniformly to a stop in2.4 min. (a) How many revolutions does the fan make in this time? (b) Using the result from part (a), find the number of revolutions the fan must make for its speed to decrease from 0.96 rev/s to 0.48 rev/s.

Problem 20P A discus thrower starts from rest and begins to rotate with a constant angular acceleration of 2.2 rad/s2, (a) How many revolutions does it take for the discus thrower's angular speed to rthe 6.3 rad/s? (b) How much time does this take?

Half Time At 3:00 the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock point in directions that are \(90.0^\circ\) apart. What is the first time after 3:00 that the angle between the two hands has decreased by half to \(45.0^\circ\)? ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: 90.0^o 45.0^o

Problem 23P The Earth's rate of rotation is constantly decreasing, causing the day to increase in duration. In the year 2006 the Earth took about 0.840 s longer to complete 365 revolutions than it did in the year 1906. What was the average angular acceleration of the Earth during this time? Give your answer in rad/s.

When a carpenter shuts off his circular saw, the 10.0-inch-diameter blade slows from 4440 rpm to 0.00 rpm in 2.50 s. (a) What is the angular acceleration of the blade? (b) What is the distance traveled by a point on the rim of the blade during the deceleration? (c) What is the magnitude of the net displacement of a point on the rim of the blade during the deceleration?

The drill used by most dentists today is powered by a small air turbine that can operate at angular speeds of 350,000 rpm. These drills, along with ultrasonic dental drills, are the fastest turbines in the world—far exceeding the angular speeds of jet engines. Suppose a drill starts at rest and comes up to operating speed in 2.1 s. (a) Find the angular acceleration produced by the drill, assuming it to be constant. (b) How many revolutions does the drill bit make as it comes up to speed?

Problem 24P A compact disk (CD) speeds up uniformly from rest to 310 rpm in 3.3 s. (a) Déscribe a strategy that allows you to calculate the number of revolutions the CD makes in this time. (b) Use your strategy to find the number of revolutions.

Problem 27P Two children, Jason and Betsy, ride on the same merry-go-round. Jason is a distance R from, the axis of rotation; Betsy is a distance 2R from the axis. Is the rotational period of Jason greater than, less than, or equal to the rotational period of Betsy? (b) Choose the best explanation from among the following: I. The period is greater for Jason because he moves more slowly than Betsy. II. The period is greater for Betsy since she must go around a circle with a larger circumference. III. It takes the same amount of time for the merry-go-round to complete a revolution for all points on the merry-go-round.

Problem 28P Referring to the previous problem, what are (a) the ratio of Jason's angular speed to Betsy's angular speed, (b) the ratio of Jason's linear speed to Betsy's linear speed, and (c) the ratio of Jason's centripetal acceleration to Betsy's centripetal acceleration?

Problem 29P The world's tallest building is the Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan, which rises to a height of 508 m (1667 ft). (a) When standing on the top floor of the building, is your angular speed due to the Earth's rotation greater than, less than, or equal to your angular speed when you stand on the ground floor? (b) Choose the best explanation from among the following; I. The angular speed is the same at all distances from the axis of rotation. II. At the top of the building you are farther from the axis of rotation and hence you have a greater angular speed. III. You are spinning faster when you are closer to the axis of rotation.

Problem 30P The hour hand on a certain clock is 8.2 cm long, Find the tangential speed of the tip of this hand.

Problem 31P Two children ride on the merry-go-round shown in Conceptual Checkpoint 10-1. Child 1 is 2.0 m from the axis of rotation, and child 2 is 1.5 m from the axis. If the merry-go-round completes one revolution every 4.5 s, find (a) the angular speed and (b) the linear speed of the child,

Problem 32P The outer edge of a rotating Frisbee with a diameter of 29 cm has a linear speed of 3.7 m/s. What is the angular speed of the Frisbee?

Problem 33P A carousel at the local carnival rotates once every 45 seconds. (a) What is the linear speed of an outer horse on the carousel, which is 2.75 m from the axis of rotation? (b) What is the linear speed of an inner horse that is 1.75 m from the axis of rotation?

Problem 35P Suppose, in Problem 34, that at some point in his swing Jeff of the Jungle has an angular speed of 0.850 rad/s and an angular acceleration of 0.620 rad/s2. Find the magnitude of his centripetal, tangential, and total accelerations, and the angle his total acceleration makes with respect to the tangential direction of motion.

A compact disk, which has a diameter of \(12.0 \mathrm{~cm}\), speeds up uniformly from \(0.00\) to \(4.00 \ \mathrm{rev} / \mathrm{s}\) in \(3.00 \mathrm{~s}\). What is the tangential acceleration of a point on the outer rim of the disk at the moment when its angular speed is (a) \(2.00 \ \mathrm{rev} / \mathrm{s}\) and (b) \(3.00 \ \mathrm{rev} / \mathrm{s}\)?

Jeff of the Jungle swings on a vine that is 7.20 m long (Figure 10–18). At the bottom of the swing, just before hitting the tree, Jeff’s linear speed is 8.50 m/s. (a) Find Jeff’s angular speed at this time. (b) What centripetal acceleration does Jeff experience at the bottom of his swing? (c) What exerts the force that is responsible for Jeff’s centripetal acceleration? ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: r=7.20 m v=8.50 m/s

Problem 37P When a compact disk with a 12.0-cm diameter is rotating at 5.05 rad/s, what are (a) the linear speed and (b) the centripetal acceleration of a point on its outer rim? (c) Consider a point on the CD that is halfway between its center and its outer rim. Without repeating all of the calculations required for parts (a) and (b), determine the linear speed and the centripetal acceleration of this point.

As Tony the fisherman reels in a “big one,” he turns the spool on his fishing reel at the rate of 3.0 complete revolutions every second (Figure 10–19). (a) If the radius of the reel is 3.7 cm, what is the linear speed of the fishing line as it is reeled in? (b) How would your answer to part (a) change if the radius of the reel were doubled?

A Ferris wheel with a radius of 9.5 m rotates at a constant rate, completing one revolution every 36 s. Find the direction and magnitude of a passenger’s acceleration when (a) at the top and (b) at the bottom of the wheel.

Problem 40P Suppose the Ferris wheel in the previous problem begins to decelerate at the rate of 0.22 rad/s2 when the passenger is at the top of the wheel. Find the direction and magnitude of the passenger's acceleration at that time.

Problem 41P A person swings a 0.52-kg tether ball tied to a 4.5-m rope in an approximately horizontal circle. (a) If the maximum tension the rope can withstand before breaking is 11 N, what is the maximum angular speed of the ball? (b) If the rope is shortened, does the maximum angular speed found in part (a) increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain.

Problem 42P To polish a filling, a dentist attaches a sanding disk with a radius of 3.20 mm to the drill. (a) When the drill is operated at 2.15 × 104 rad/s, what is the tangential speed of the rim of the disk? (b) What period of rotation must the disk have if the tangential speed of its rim is to be 275 m/s?

Problem 43P In the previous problem, suppose the disk has an angular acceleration of 232 rad/s2 when its angular speed is 640 rad/s. Find both the tangential and centripetal accelerations of a point on the rim of the disk.

Problem 44P The Bohr model of the hydrogen atom pictures the electron as a tiny particle moving in a circular orbit about a stationary proton. In the lowest-energy orbit the distance from the proton to the electron is 5.29 × 10?11 m, and die linear speed of the electron is 2. 18 × 106 m/s. (a) What is the angular speed of the electron? (b) How many orbits about the proton does it make the second? (c) What is the electron's centripetal acceleration?

Problem 46P As you drive down the highway, the top of your tires are moving with a speed v. What is the reading on your speedometer?

Problem 47P The tires on a car have a radius of 31 cm. What is the angular speed of these tires when the car is driven at 15 m/s?

Problem 45P A wheel of radius R starts from rest and accelerates with a constant angular acceleration x about a fixed axis. At what time t will the centripetal and tangential accelerations of a point on the rim have the same magnitude?

A child pedals a tricycle, giving the driving wheel an angular speed of 0.373 rev/s (Figure 10–20). If the radius of the wheel is 0.260 m, what is the child’s linear speed? ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: 0.373 rev/s R=0.260 m 0.373 rev/s

Problem 49P A soccer ball, which has a circumference of 70.0 cm, rolls 14.0 yards in 3.35 s. What was the average angular speed of the ball during this time?

Problem 50P As you drive down the road at 17 m/s, you press on the gas pedal and speed up with a uniform acceleration of 1, 12 m/s2 for 0.65 s. if the tires on your car have a radius of 33 cm, what is their angular displacement during this period of acceleration?

Problem 51P A bicycle coasts downhill and accelerates from rest to a linear speed of 8.90 m/s in 12.2 s. (a) If the bicyde'stires have a radius of 36.0 cm, what is their angular accelerator? (b) If the radius of the tires had been smaller, would their angular acceleration be greater than or less than the result found in part (a)

Problem 52P The minute and hour hands of a clock have a common axis of rotation and equal mass. The minute hand is long, thin, and uniform; the hour hand is short, thick, and uniform. (a) Is the moment of inertia of the minute hand greater than, less than, or equal to the moment of inertia of the hour hand? (b) Choose the best explanation from among the following: I. The hands have equal mass, and hence equal moments of inertia. II. Having mass farther from the axis of rotation results in a greater moment of inertia. III. The more compact hour hand concentrates its mass ared has the greater moment of inertia.

Problem 53P Tons of dust and small particles rain down onto the Earth from space every day. As a result, does the Earth's moment of inertia increase, decrease, or stay the same? (b) Choose the best explanation from among the following: I. The dust adds mass to the Earth and increases its radius slightly. II. As the dust moves closer to the axis of rotation, the moment of inertia decreases. III. The moment of inertia is a conserved quantity and cannot change.

Problem 54P Suppose a bicycle wheel is rotated about an axis through its rim and parallel to its axle. (a) Is its moment of inertia about this axis greater than, less than, or equal to its moment of inertia about its axle? (b) Choose the best explanation from among the following: I. The moment of inertia is greatest when an object is rotated about its center. II. The mass and shape of the wheel remain the same. III. Mass is farther from the axis when the wheel is rotated about the rim.

What is the kinetic energy of the grindstone in Example 10–4 if it completes one revolution every 4.20 s?

Problem 58P Repeat Example 10-5 for the case of a rolling hoop of the same mass and radius.

Problem 57P An electric fan spinning with an angular speed of 13 rad/s has a kinetic energy of 4.6 J. What is the moment of inertia of the fan?

Problem 60P A 12-g CD with a radius of 6.0 cm rotates with an angular speed of 34 rad/s. (a) What is its kinetic energy? (b) What angular speed must the CD have if its kinetic energy is to be doubled?

The L-shaped object in Figure 10–21 can be rotated in one of the following three ways: case 1, rotation about the x axis; case 2, rotation about the y axis; and case 3, rotation about the z axis (which passes through the origin perpendicular to the plane of the figure). Rank these three cases in order of increasing moment of inertia. Indicate ties where appropriate.

Problem 55P The moment of inertia of a 0.98-kg bicycle wheel rotating about its center is 0.13 kg · m 2. What is the radius of this wheel, assuming the weight of the spokes can be ignored?

Problem 61P When a pitcher throws a curve ball, the ball is given a fairly rapid spin. If a 0.15-kg baseball with a radius of 3.7 cm is thrown with a linear speed of 48 m/s and an angular speed of 42 rad/s, how much of its kinetic energy is translational and how much is rotational? Assume the ball is a uniform, solid sphere.

Problem 62P A basketball rolls along the floor with a constant linear speed v. (a) Find the fraction of its total kinetic energy that is in the form of rotational kinetic energy about the center of the ball. (b) If the linear speed of the ball is doubled to 2v, does your answer to part (a) increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain.

Problem 63P Find the rate at which the rotational kinetic energy of the Earth is decreasing. The Earth has a moment of inertia of 0.331M e R e 2 where R E = 6.38 × 106 m and M E = 5.97 × 1024 kg, and its rotational period increases by 2.3 ms with the passing century. Give your answer in watts.

Problem 65P Consider the physical situation shown in Conceptual Checkpoint 10-5. Suppose this time a ball is released from rest on the frictionless surface. When the ball comes to rest on the no-slip surface, is its height greater than, less than, or equal to the height from which it was released?

Problem 64P A lawn mower has a flat, rod-shaped steel blade that rotates about its center. The mass of the blade is 0.65 kg and its length is 0.55 m. (a) What is the rotational energy of the blade at its operating angular speed of 3500 rpm? (b) If all of the rotational kinetic energy of the blade could be converted to gravitational potential energy, to what height would the blade rise?

Problem 66P Suppose the block in Example 10-6 has a mass of 2.1 kg and an initial upward speed of 0.33 m/s. Find the moment of inertia of the wheel if its radius is 8.0 cm and the block rises to a height of 7.4 cm before momentarily coming to rest.

Through what height must the yo-yo in Active Example 10–3 fall for its linear speed to be 0.65 m/s?

Problem 68P Suppose we change the race shown in Conceptual Checkpoint 10-4 to a race between three different disks. Let disk 1 have a mass M and a radius R, disk 2 have a mass M and a radius 2R, and disk 3 have a mass 2M and a radius R. Rank the three disks in the order in which they finish the race, indicate ties where appropriate.

The two masses (\(m_1=5.0\ \mathrm {kg}\) and \(m_2=3.0\ \mathrm {kg}\)) in the Atwood’s machine shown in Figure 10–22 are released from rest, with \(m_1\) at a height of 0.75 m above the floor. When \(m_1\) hits the ground its speed is 1.8 m/s. Assuming that the pulley is a uniform disk with a radius of 12 cm, (a) outline a strategy that allows you to find the mass of the pulley. (b) Implement the strategy given in part (a) and determine the pulley’s mass. ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: m_1=5.0 kg m_2=3.0 kg m_1 m_1

In Conceptual Checkpoint 10–5, assume the ball is a solid sphere of radius 2.9 cm and mass 0.14 kg. If the ball is released from rest at a height of 0.78 m above the bottom of the track on the no-slip side, (a) what is its angular speed when it is on the frictionless side of the track? (b) How high does the ball rise on the frictionless side? ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: m_1 m_2

After you pick up a spare, your bowling ball rolls without slipping back toward the ball rack with a linear speed of 2.85 m/s (Figure 10–23). To reach the rack, the ball rolls up a ramp that rises through a vertical distance of 0.53 m. (a) What is the linear speed of the ball when it reaches the top of the ramp? (b) If the radius of the ball were increased, would the speed found in part (a) increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain. ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: v=2.85 m/s v=?

Calculate the speeds of (a) the disk and (b) the hoop at the bottom of the inclined plane in Conceptual Checkpoint 10–4 if the height of the incline is 0.82 m.

Problem 73P A 1.3-kg block is tied to a string that is wrapped around the rim of a pulley of radius 7.2 cm. The block is released from rest. (a) Assuming the pulley is a uniform disk with a mass of 0.31 kg, find the speed of the block after it has fallen through a height of 0.50 m. (b) If a small lead weight is attached near the rim of the pulley and this experiment is repeated, will the speed of the block increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain.

Problem 75P A 2.0-kg solid cylinder (radius = 0.10 m, length = 0.50 m) is released from rest at the top of a ramp and allowed to roll without slipping. The ramp is 0.75 m high and 5.0 m long. When the cylinder rthees the bottom of the ramp, what are (a) Its total kinetic energy, (b) its rotational kinetic energy, and (c) its translational kinetic energy?

After doing some exercises on the floor, you are lying on your back with one leg pointing straight up. If you allow your leg to fall freely until it hits the floor (Figure 10–24), what is the tangential speed of your foot just before it lands? Assume the leg can be treated as a uniform rod 0.95 m long that pivots freely about the hip.

Problem 77GP When you stand on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York, is your linear speed due to the Earth's rotation greater than, less than, or the same as when you were waiting for the elevators on the ground floor?

Problem 76P A 2.5-kg solid sphere (radius = 0.10 m) is released from rest at the top of a ramp and allowed to roll without slipping. The ramp is 0.75 m high and 5.6 m long. When the sphere rthees the bottom of the ramp, what are (a) its total kinetic energy, (b) its rotational kinetic energy, and (c) its translational kinetic energy? GENERAL PROBLEMS

Problem 79GP When the Hoover Dam was completed and the reservoir behind it filled with water, did the moment of inertia of the Earth increase, decrease, or stay the same?

Problem 78GP One way to tell whether an egg is raw or hard boiled?without cracking it open?is to place it on a kitchen counter and give it a spin. If you do this to two eggs, one raw the other hard boiled, you will find that one spins considerably longer than the other. Is the raw egg the one that spins a long time, or the one that stops spinning in a short time?

A diver completes \(2\frac{1}{2}\) somersaults during a 2.3-s dive. What was the diver’s average angular speed during the dive? ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: 2 frac{1}{2}

Problem 80GP In Quito, Ecuador, near the equator, you weigh about half a pound less than in Barrow, Alaska, near the pole. Find the rotational period of the Earth that would make you feel weightless at the equator. (With this rotational period, your centripetal acceleration would be equal to the acceleration due to gravity, g.)

Problem 82GP What linear speed must a 0.065-kg hula hoop have if its total kinetic energy is to be 0.12 J? Assume the hoop rolls an the ground without slipping.

Problem 83GP A pilot performing a horizontal turn will lose consciousness if she experiences a centripetal acceleration greater than 7.00 times the acceleration of gravity. What is the minimum radius turn she can make without losing consciousness if her plane is flying with a constant speed of 245 m/s?

Place two quarters on a table with their rims touching, as shown in Figure 10–25. While holding one quarter fixed, roll the other one—without slipping—around the circumference of the fixed quarter until it has completed one round trip. How many revolutions has the rolling quarter made about its center?

The object shown in Figure 10–26 can be rotated in three different ways: case 1, rotation about the x axis; case 2, rotation about the y axis; and case 3, rotation about the z axis. Rank these three cases in order of increasing moment of inertia. Indicate ties where appropriate.

The accompanying double-exposure photograph illustrates a method for determining the speed of a BB. The circular disk in the upper part of the photo rotates with a constant angular speed of 50.4 revolutions per second. A single white radial line drawn on the disk is seen in two locations in the double exposure. Below the disk are two bright images of a BB taken during the two exposures. Use the information given here and in the photo to estimate the speed of the BB.

Problem 87GP Referring to the previous problem, (a) estimate the linear speed of a point on the rim of the rotating disk. (b) By comparing the arc length between the two white lines to the distance covered by the BB, estimate the speed of the BB. (c) What radius must the disk have for the linear speed of a point on its rim to be the same as the speed of the BB? (d) Suppose a1.0-g lump of putty is stuck to the rim of the disk. What centripetal force is required to hold the putty in place?

Problem 88GP A mathematically inclined friend emails you the following instructions: "Meet me in the cafeteria the first tune after 2:00 p.m. today that the hands of a clock point in the same direction." (a) Is the desired meeting time before, after, or equal to 2:10 P.M.? Explain. (b) Is the desired meeting time before, after, or equal to 2:15 p.m.? Explain. (c) When should you meet your friend?

Problem 89GP A diver runs horizontally off the end of a diving tower 3.0 m above the surface of the water with an initial speed of 2.6 m/s. During her fall she rotates with an average angular speed of 2.2 rad/s. (a) How many revolutions has she made when she hits the water? (b) How does your answer to part (a) depend on the diver's initial speed? Explain.

Problem 90GP A potter's wheel of radius 6.8 cm rotates with a period of 0.52 s. What are (a) the linear speed and (b) the centripetal acceleration of a small lump of clay on the rim of the wheel? (c) How do your answers to parts (a) and (b) change if the period of rotation is doubled?

The record in an old-fashioned record player always rotates at the same angular speed. With CDs, the situation is different. For a CD to play properly, the point on the CD where the laser beam shines must have a linear speed \(v_\mathrm t=1.25\ \mathrm {m/s}\), as indicated in Figure 10–27. (a) As the CD plays from the center outward, does its angular speed increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain. (b) Find the angular speed of a CD when the laser beam is 2.50 cm from its center. (c) Repeat part (b) for the laser beam 6.00 cm from the center. (d) If the CD plays for 66.5 min, and the laser beam moves from 2.50 cm to 6.00 cm during this time, what is the CD’s average angular acceleration? ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: v_t=1.25 m/s r=6.00 cm r=2.50 cm v_t

Problem 93GP As a marble with a diameter of 1.6 cm roils down an incline, its center moves with a linear acceleration of 3.3 m/s2. (a) What is the angular acceleration of the marble? (b) What is the angular speed of the marble after it rolls for 1.5 s from rest?

Problem 94GP A rubber ball with a radius of 3.2 cm rolls along the horizontal surface of a table with a constant linear speed v. When the ball rolls off the edge of the table, it falls 0.66 m to the floor below. If the ball completes 0.37 revolution during its fall, what was its lineal' speed, v?

Problem 96GP A yo-yo moves downward until it rthees the end of its string, where it "sleeps." As it sleeps?that is, spins in place?its angular speed decreases from 35 rad/s to 25 rad/s. During this time it completes 120 revolutions. (a) How long did it take for the yo-yo to slow from 35 rad/s to 25 rad/s? (b) How long does it take for the yo-yo to slow from 25 rad/s to 15 rad/s? Assume a constant angular acceleration as the yo-yo sleeps.

Problem 95GP A college campus features a large fountain surrounded by a circular pool. Two students start at the northernmost point of the pool and walk slowly around it in opposite directions. (a) If the angular speed of the student walking in the clockwise direction (as viewed from above) is 0.045 rad/s and the angular speed of the other student is 0.023 rad/s, how long does it take before they meet? (b) A t what angle, measured clockwise from due north, do the students meet? (c) If the difference in linear speed between the students is 0, 23 m/s, what is the radius of the fountain?

Problem 99GP A centrifuge (Problem 22) with an angular speed of 6050 rpm produces a maximum centripetal acceleration equal to 6840 g (that is, 6840 times the acceleration of gravity). (a) What is the diameter of this centrifuge? (b) What force must the bottom of the sample holder exert on a 15.0-g sample under these conditions?

Problem 98GP In Problems 75 and 76 we considered a cylinder and a solid sphere, respectively, rolling down a ramp. (a) Which object do yon expect to have the greater speed at the bottom of the ramp? (b) Verify your answer to part (a) by calculating the speed of the cylinder and of the sphere when they rthe the bottom of the ramp.

Problem 97GP (a) An automobile with tires of radius 32 cm accelerates from 0 to 45 mph in 9.1 s. Find the angular acceleration of the tires. (b) How does your answer to part (a) change if the radius of the tires is halved?

Problem 101GP The rotor in a centrifuge has an initial angular speed of 430 rad/s. After 8.2 s of constant angular acceleration, its angular speed has increased to 550 rad/s. During this time, what were (a) the angular acceleration of the rotor and (b) the angle through which it turned?

Problem 102GP A honey bee has two pairs of wings that can beat 250 times a second. Estimate (a) the maximum angular speed of the wings and (b) the maximum linear speed of a wing tip.

Problem 104GP A person walks into a room and switches on the ceiling fan. The fan accelerates with constant angular acceleration for 15 s until it rthees its operating angular speed of 1.9 rotations/s? after that its speed remains constant as long as the switch is "on." The person stays in the room for a short time; then, 5.5 minutes after turning the fan on, she switches it off again and leaves the room. The fan now decelerates with constant angular acceleration, taking 2.4 minutes to come to rest. What is the total number of revolutions made by the fan, from the time it was turned on until the time it stopped?

Yomega (“The yo-yo with a brain”) is constructed with a clever clutch mechanism in its axle that allows it to rotate freely and “sleep” when its angular speed is greater than a certain critical value. When the yo-yo’s angular speed falls below this value, the clutch engages, causing the yo-yo to climb the string to the user’s hand. If the moment of inertia of the yo-yo is \(7.4\times10^{-5}\ \mathrm {kg \cdot m^2}\), its mass is 0.11 kg, and the string is 1.0 m long, what is the smallest angular speed that will allow the yo-yo to return to the user’s hand? ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: 7.4x10^{-5} kg{cdot}m^2

Problem 92GP Pigeons arc bred to display a number of interesting characteristics. One breed of pigeon, the "roiler, " is remarkable for the fact that it does a number of backward somersaults as it drops straight down toward the ground. Suppose a roller pigeon drops from rest and free falls downward for a distance of 14 m. If the pigeon somersaults at the rate of 12 rad/s, how many revolutions has it completed by the end of its fall?

Problem 103GP The Sun, with Earth in tow, orbits about the center of the Milky Way galaxy at a speed of 137 miles per second, completing one revolution every 240 million years. (a) Find the angular speed of the Sun relative to the center of the Milky Way. (b) Find the distance from the Sun to the center of the Milky Way.

Problem 106GP The pulsar in the Crab nebula (Problem 9) was created by a supernova explosion that was observed on Earth in A.D. 1.054. Its current period of rotation (33.0 ms) is observed to be increasing by 1.26 × 10?5 seconds per year. (a) What is the angular acceleration of the pulsar in rad/s2? (b) Assuming the angular acceleration of the pulsar to be constant, how many years will it take for the pulsar to slow to a stop? (c) Under the same assumption, what was the period of the pulsar when it was created?

Problem 105GP When astronauts return from prolonged space flights, they often suffer from bone loss, resulting in brittle bones that may take weeks for their bodies to rebuild. One solution may be to expose astronauts to periods of substantiai"g forces" in a centrifuge carried aboard their spaceship. To test this approach, NASA conducted a study in which four people spent 22 hours the in a compartment attached to the end of a 28-foot arm that rotated with an angular speed of 10.0 rpm. (a) What centripetal acceleration did these volunteersexperience? Express your answer in terms of g. (b) What was their linear speed?

A thin, uniform rod of length L and mass M is pivoted about one end, as shown in Figure 10–28. The rod is released from rest in a horizontal position, and allowed to swing downward without friction or air resistance. When the rod is vertical, what are (a) its angular speed \(\omega\) and (b) the tangential speed \(v_\mathrm t\) of its free end? ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: omega v_t omega=0 L/2 x=center of mass v_t omega

A wooden plank rests on two soup cans laid on their sides. Each can has a diameter of 6.5 cm, and the plank is 3.0 m long. Initially, one can is placed 1.0 m inward from either end of the plank, as Figure 10–29 shows. The plank is now pulled 1.0 m to the right, and the cans roll without slipping. (a) How far does the center of each can move? (b) How many rotations does each can make?

Problem 110GP A person rides on a 12-m-diameter Ferris wheel that rotates at the constant rate of 8.1 rpm. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the force that the seat exerts on a 65-kg person when he is (a) at the top of the wheel, (b) at the bottom of the wheel, and (c) halfway up the wheel.

In the previous problem, suppose a small metal ball of mass \(m=2M\) is attached to the rod a distance d from the pivot. The rod and ball are released from rest in the horizontal position. (a) Show that when the rod reaches the vertical position, the speed of its tip is \(v_\mathrm{t}=\sqrt {3gL} \sqrt{\frac{1+4(d/L)}{1+6(d/L)^2}}\) (b) At what finite value of d/L is the speed of the rod the same as it is for \(d=0\)? (This value of \(d/L\) is the center of percussion, or “sweet spot,” of the rod.) ________________ Equation Transcription: Text Transcription: m=2M vt=sqrt{3gL}sqrt{frac{1+4(d/L)}{1+6(d/L)^2}} d/L d=0 d/L

Rank the four curves shown in Figure 10–31 in order of increasing radius. Indicate ties where appropriate.

A solid sphere with a diameter of 0.17 m is released from rest; it then rolls without slipping down a ramp, dropping through a vertical height of 0.61 m. The ball leaves the bottom of the ramp, which is 1.22 m above the floor, moving horizontally (Figure 10–30). (a) Through what horizontal distance d does the ball move before landing? (b) How many revolutions does the ball make during its fall? (c) If the ramp were to be made frictionless, would the distance d increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain.

What angular speed (in rpm) must the platform in this test model have to give a centripetal acceleration of 5.00 gs at the rim? A. 5.07 rpm B. 26.1 rpm C. 36.2 rpm D. 48.5 rpm

Which of the curves shown in Figure 10–31 corresponds to the test model? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

Problem 116IP Suppose we race a disk and a hollow spherical, shell, like a basketball. The spherical shell has a mass M and a radius R; the disk has a mass 2M and a radius 2R. (a) Which object wins the race? If the two objects are released at rest, and the height of the ramp is h = 0.75 m, find the speed of (b) the disk and (c) the spherical shell when they rthe the bottom of the ramp.

Estimate the radius corresponding to curve 4 in Figure 10–31. A. 0.03 ft B. 0.3 ft C. 3 ft D. 6 ft

Problem 117IP Consider a race between the following three objects: object 1, a disk; object 2, a solid sphere; and object 3, a hollow spherical shell. All objects have the same mass and radius. (a) Rank the three objects in the order in which they finish the race. Indicate a tie where appropriate. (b) Rank the objects in order of increasing kinetic energy at the bottom of the ramp. Indicate a tie where appropriate.

Problem 118IP (a) Suppose the radius of the axle the string wraps around is increased. Does the speed of the yo-yo after falling through a given height increase, decrease, or stay the same? (b) Find the speed of the yo-yo after falling from rest through a height h = 0.50 m if the radius of the axle is 0.0075 m. Everything else in Active Example 10-3 remains the same.