Answer:
1- The acceleration of the object is larger in magnitude the smaller the radius of the circle.
Explanation:
The acceleration of an object in a circular path is
As can be seen from the equation, if the radius of the circle is decreases, the magnitude of the acceleration increases.
As for the direction of the acceleration, it is always towards the center, and it is always perpendicular to the direction of the velocity.
Answer:
a.
b.
Explanation:
I have attached an illustration of a solid disk with the respective forces applied, as stated in this question.
Forces applied to the solid disk include:
Other parameters given include:
Mass of solid disk,
and radius of solid disk,
a.) The formula for determining torque (), is
Hence the net torque produced by the two forces is given as a summation of both forces:
b.) The angular acceleration of the disk can be found thus:
using the formula for the Moment of Inertia of a solid disk;
where = Mass of solid disk
and = radius of solid disk
We then relate the torque and angular acceleration () with the formula:
