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3 years ago

A 5 kg rock is raised 28 m above the ground level. What is the change in its potential energy?

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Let's assume that ground level is the height 0 meters. The change in potential energy is going to be gravitational potential energy, which is given by PE=mgh.
ΔPE=mgh-mgy
=mg(h-y)
=50(28-0)
=1400 J

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$w=19.76 \ rad/s$

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Where $\alpha$ is the angular acceleration and t is the time. If the object was instantly released from the circular path, it would have a tangent speed of:

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$\displaystyle w_{01}=\frac{v_t}{r_f}$

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$t=1.8\ h=1.8*3600=6480\ sec$

$\displaystyle v_t=\frac{x}{t}=\frac{249\ m}{6480\ sec}=0.0384 \ m/s$

$\displaystyle w_{01}=\frac{0.0384}{0.035}=1,098 \ rad/s$

If $r_e=10\ mm=0.001\ m$ is the radius of the reel when it's empty, the angular speed for the empty reel is computed by

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The full reel goes from $w_{01}$ to $w_{02}$ in 6480 seconds, so we can compute the angular acceleration:

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$\displaystyle \alpha_1=\frac{38.426-1.098}{6480}=0.00576 \ rad/sec^2$

The empty reel goes from $w_{02}$ to $w_{01}$ in 6480 seconds, so we can compute the angular acceleration:

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So the equations for both reels are

$w_1=1.098+0.00576 \ t$

$w_2=38.426-0.00576 \ t$

They will be the same when

$1.098+0.00576 \ t=38.426-0.00576 \ t$

Solving for t

$\displaystyle t=\frac{38.426-1.098}{0.0115}$

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The common angular speed is

$w_1=1.098+0.00576 \ 3240=19.76 \ rad/s$

$w_2=38.426-0.00576 \ 3240=19.76 \ rad/s$

They both result in the same, as expected

$\boxed{w=19.76 \ rad/s}$

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