Question

A pulley in the shape of a solid cylinder of mass 1.50 kg and radius 0.240 m is free to rotate around a horizontal shaft along the axis of the pulley. There is friction between the pulley and this shaft. A light, nonstretching cable is wrapped around the pulley, and the free end is tied to a 2.00 kg textbook. You release the textbook from rest a distance 0.900 m above the floor. Just before the textbook hits the floor, the angular speed of the pulley is 10.0 rad/s. What is the speed of the textbook just before it hits the floor

Answer 1

Answer:

the speed of the textbook just before it hits the floor is 2.4 m/s

Explanation:

  Given the data in the question;

mass of pulley = 1.50 kg

radius of pulley = 0.240 m

mass of text book = 2.0 kg

height from which text book was released = 0.9 m

angular speed of the pulley = 10.0 rad/s

the speed of the textbook just before it hits the floor = ?

the speed of the textbook v = angular speed of the pulley × radius of pulley

we substitute

v = 10.0 rad/s × 0.240 m

v = 2.4 m/s

Therefore, the speed of the textbook just before it hits the floor is 2.4 m/s