Three children are sitting on a see-saw in such a way that is balances. A 20 kg and a 30kg boy are on opposite sides at a distance of 2m from the pivot. It the third boy jumps off, thereby destroying balance, then the initial angular acceleration of the board is: (Neglect weight of board)
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a
0.01 rad s−2
b
1.0 rad s−2
c
10 rad s−2
d
100 rad s−2
answer is B.
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Detailed Solution
Net torque, τ=30g×2−20g×2=20g I=30×22+20×22=120+80=200kg m2 α=τI=20g200=g10=1010=1.0 rad s−2