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Q.

A horizontal platform in the shape of a circular disc rotates on a frictionless bearing about a vertical axle through the centre of the platform. The platform has a mass of 150 kg, a radius of 2.0 m, and a rotational inertia of 300 kg m2 about the axis of rotation. A 60 kg student walks slowly from the rim of the platform toward the centre. If the angular speed of the system is 1.5 rad/s when the student starts at the rim, what is the angular speed when she is 0.50 m from the centre?

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a

1.2 rad/s

b

2.6 rad/s

c

1.5 rad/s

d

3.6 rad/s

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

The initial rotational inertia of the system is Ii = Idisk+ Istudent, where Idisk = 300 kg m2  and Istudent = mR2 where m = 60 kg and R = 2.0 m.

The rotational inertia when the student reaches r = 0.5 m is If = Idisk + mr2. Angular momentum conservation leads to

Iiωi = Ifωf      ωf = ωi(Idisk+mR2Idisk+mr2)

which yields, for ωi = 1.5 rad/s, a final angular velocity of ωf = 2.6 rad/s.

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