Chapter 11: General Rotation
Physlet® Problems




1.  

A child sits on a merry-go-round at the position marked by the red circle (position is in meters and time is in seconds). What is her angular acceleration? Start

0.79 rad/s2
-0.79 rad/s2
-1.60 rad/s2
-0.13 rad/s2


2.  

A turntable of mass 5 kg rotates at constant speed when your finger makes contact with the outer edge as shown in the animation (position of a point on the outer edge of the turntable is shown in meters and time is shown in seconds). Friction between your finger and the turntable causes the turntable to stop. What is the direction of the torque on the turntable by the frictional force? Start

To the bottom of the screen
To the left
Out of the page
Into the page


3.  

A giant 2.5 kg yellow yo-yo, made of two solid yellow disks and a massless red hub, is shown in the animation (position in meters and time is in seconds). Determine the torque that the string exerts. Start

16 Nm out of page
32 Nm out of page
8 Nm out of page
16 Nm into page


4.  

Two masses M=2.5kg and m=1kg are attached with a massles string over a pulley as shown in the animation (position is in centimeters and time is in seconds). The bearings in the pulley are frictionless and the string does not slip.What is the moment of inertia of the pulley? Start

I = 0.2 kg m2
I = 0.27 kg m2
I = 0.35 kg m2
I = 12.13 kg m2


5.  


A 2.5 kg rotating red disk is connected by a string, over a pulley of mass m=1 kg to a hanging mass as shown in the animation (position is in centimeters and time is in seconds). The bearings in the pulley are frictionless and the string does not slip.What is the black block's mass? Start

m=0.51 kg
m=12.7 kg
m=12.5 kg
m=12.3 kg


6.  

A puck sliding on an air table collides with another puck of equal mass which is attached to a string as shown in the animation. What quantities are conserved? Start

linear momentum only
angular momentum and rotational kinetic energy only
linear momentum, angular momentum, and total kinetic energy only
none


7.  

A man standing to the side of a 150 kg merry-go-round suddenly jumps on as shown in the animation (position of the man is represented by the red circle and is shown in meters and time is in secods). What is the mass of the man? Start

72 kg
144 kg
50 kg
150 kg

Physlets used by permission of Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College. Physlet Problems ©Prentice Hall, Inc;

Physlet problems 7, 12, 13 authored by Mario Belloni

Physlet problem 9 authored by William Junkin and modified by Mario Belloni

All other physlet problems authored by Aaron Titus and modified by Mario Belloni



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