Chapter 12: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. b. The center of the hitting end is closer to the center of mass, so it must have more mass.

  2. 2. b. Rotational kinetic energy depends on the angular velocity and the moment of inertia. Both have the same angular velocity, but a cylindrical shell has a larger moment of inertia than a solid cylinder with the same mass and radius.

  3. 3. IA>ID>IB>IC. The moment of inertia is smaller when the mass is more concentrated near the rotation axis.

  4. 4. τE>τA=τD>τB>τC. The tangential component in E is larger than 2 N.

  5. 5. αB>αA>αC=αD. Angular acceleration is proportional to torque and inversely proportional to the moment of inertia. Torque is proportional to the radius but moment of inertia is proportional to the square of the radius. Thus angular momentum is proportional to F/mr.

  6. 6. c. The scale exerts an upward force at half the distance from the pivot as the weight’s downward force. To exert an equal but opposite torque for static equilibrium requires twice the force.

  7. 7. b. The velocity at the dot is the vector sum of v⃗cm to the right and an upward velocity vector v⃗i, rel of equal magnitude due to rotation about the center of mass.

  8. 8. d. There is no net torque on the bucket + rain system, so the angular momentum is conserved. The addition of mass on the outer edge of the circle increases I, so ω must decrease. Mechanical energy is not conserved because the raindrop collisions are inelastic.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 1.

    1. 4.2×102 rad/s2

    2. 8.3 rev

  2. 3.

    1. 1.5 m/s

    2. 13 rev

  3. 5. 23 g

  4. 7. (1.7 cm, 4.7 cm)

  5. 9. 2.57×1029 J

  6. 11.

    1. 0.032 kg m2

    2. 16 J

  7. 13.

    1. 0.063 m, 0.050 m

    2. 0.0082 kg m2

  8. 15.

    1. (0.060 m, 0.040 m)

    2. 0.0020 kg m2

    3. 0.0013 kg m2

  9. 17.

    1. 3.8×10−5 kg m2

    2. 1.14×10−4 kg m2

  10. 19. 8.0 cm

  11. 21. 0.56 N m

  12. 23.

    1. τ=31.0 N m

    2. τ=21.9 N m

  13. 25. 0.75 rad/s

  14. 27. 1.7×10−3 N m

  15. 29. F1=120 N, F2=80 N

  16. 31. F1=0.75 kN, F2=1.0 kN

  17. 33.

    1. 6.4×102 rpm

    2. 40 m/s

    3. 0 m/s

  18. 35. 0.38 J

  19. 37.

    1. A⃗×B⃗=(21, into the page)

    2. C⃗×D⃗=(24, out of the page)

  20. 39.

    1. D⃗=nî, where n could be any real number

    2. E⃗=2ĵ

    3. F⃗=1k^

  21. 41. −0.35 N m k^

  22. 43. −0.025î kg m/s2

  23. 45. 50 rpm

  24. 47. 83 rpm

  25. 49.

    1. 15 cm

    2. 1.9 J

  26. 51. xcm=20 cm, ycm=0 cm

  27. 53. M3L[(L−d)3+d3]

  28. 55. I=∫r2dm

  29. 57. 51°

  30. 59. 15,300 N

  31. 61. 1.0 m

  32. 63.

    1. 25 N

    2. 25 N

  33. 65. 1.6 N

  34. 67. 0.52 N

  35. 69. Disk: 67 cm, ring: 89 cm

  36. 71.

    1. 22 rad/s

    2. 6.6 rad/s

  37. 73.

    1. ω1=3g/L

    2. vtip=(ω1)L=3gL

  38. 75. α=τI=Tr(13MR2/20)=20Tr13MR2

  39. 77.

    1. No

    2. 2000 m/s

    3. 4000 m/s

  40. 79. 50 rpm

  41. 81. 22 rpm

  42. 83.

    1. 137 km

    2. 8.6×106 m/s

  43. 85. τdrag=ρω2CDaL464

  44. 87. 5.8 rev/s

  45. 89. 4.0 rpm

  46. 91.

    1. 2.9×10−5 N m

    2. 7.0 m/s