A car travels at 80 km/h on a level road in the positive direction of an x axis. Each tire has a diameter of 66 cm. Relative to a woman riding in the car and in unit-vector notation, what are the velocity at the (a) center, (b) top, and (c) bottom of the tire and the magnitude a of the acceleration at the (d) center, (e) top, and (f) bottom of each tire? Relative to a hitchhiker sitting next to the road and in unit-vector notation, what are the velocity at the (g) center, (h) top, and (i) bottom of the tire and the magnitude a of the acceleration at the (j) center, (k) top, and (l) bottom of each tire?
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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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The first step in solving 11 problem number 16 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: 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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