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A wheel whose moment of inertia is 2 kgm2  has an initial angular velocity of 50 rad/s. A constant torque of 10 Nm acts on the wheel. The time in which the wheel is accelerated to 80 rad/s is

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a

3 s

b

 6 s 

c

12 s 

d

9 s

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Initial angular velocity = 50 rad/s
Final angular velocity = 80 rad/s
Torque = 10 N-m

Moment of Inertia = 2 kgm2 
Angular acceleration  α is given by τ=Iα

α=τI=102=5 rad/s2

Hence if t is the time,

5t=8050=30

t=6 s

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A wheel whose moment of inertia is 2 kgm2  has an initial angular velocity of 50 rad/s. A constant torque of 10 Nm acts on the wheel. The time in which the wheel is accelerated to 80 rad/s is