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Chapter 11 Problem 16

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Nonuniform cylindrical object. In Fig. 11-39, a cylindrical object of mass M and radius R rolls smoothly from rest down a ramp and onto a horizontal section. From there it rolls off the ramp and onto the floor, landing a horizontal distance d ! 0.506 m from the end of the ramp. The initial height of the object is H ! 0.90 m; the end of the ramp is at height h ! 0.10 m. The object consists of an outer cylindrical shell (of a certain uniform density) that is glued to a central cylinder (of a different uniform density). The rotational inertia of the object can be expressed in the general form I ! bMR2 , but b is not 0.5 as it is for a cylinder of uniform density. Determine b

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Title Fundamentals of Physics 10 
Author David Halliday; Robert Resnick; Jearl Walker
ISBN 9781118230725

Nonuniform cylindrical object. In Fig. 11-39, a

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