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In first figure a meter stick, half of which is wood and the other half steel is pivoted at the wooden end at A and a force is applied at the steel end at O. In second figure the stick is pivoted at the steel end at O and the same force is applied at the wooden end at A.The angular acceleration

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a

None of the above

b

equal in both fust and second

c

in first is greater than in second

d

in second is greater than in first

answer is C.

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Torque will be same in both cases, but moment of inertia is less in second case, hence angular acceleration is greater in this case.

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In first figure a meter stick, half of which is wood and the other half steel is pivoted at the wooden end at A and a force is applied at the steel end at O. In second figure the stick is pivoted at the steel end at O and the same force is applied at the wooden end at A.The angular acceleration