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Please HELP! 1.)A horizontal disk with a radius of 18 m rotates about a vertical

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1.)A horizontal disk with a radius of 18 m rotates about a vertical axis through its center. The disk starts from rest and has a constant angular acceleration of 6.5 rad/s2.

At what time will the radial and tangen- tial components of the linear acceleration of a point on the rim of the disk be equal in magnitude?

Answer in units of s.

2.) A m = 52.2 kg object is released from rest at a distance h = 1.0487 R above the Earth’s surface.

The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 . For the Earth, RE = 6.38×106 m, M = 5.98 × 1024 kg. The gravitational acceleration at the surface of the earth is g = 9.8 m/s2.

Find the speed of the object when it strikes the Earth’s surface. Neglect any atmospheric friction.

Caution: You must take into account that the gravitational acceleration depends on dis- tance between the object and the center of the earth.

Answer in units of m/s.

Explanation / Answer

1.

radial component = tangential component

w2r = ar

w2 = a

(w1+at)2 = a

a2t2 = a

t2 = 1/a

t= sqrt(1/a) = sqrt(1/6.5) = 0.39s

2.Here we use law of conservation of energy

KEf+PEf = KEi+PEi

1/2mVf2+ (-GMm/Rf) = 1/2mVi2+ (-GMm/Ri)

Vf2 = Vi2 +2GM(1/Rf-1/Ri)

But Ri= 1.0487Rf

Vf2 = Vi2 +2GM(1/Rf-1/1.0487Ri)

Vf2 = Vi2 +2GM/Rf *(1-1/1.0487)

Vi=0m/s

Vf2 = 2GM/Rf *(1-1/1.0487)

Vf = sqrt [2GM/Rf *(1-1/1.0487)] = sqrt[(2*6.67*10-11*5.98*1024)/(6.37*106)* (1-1/1.0487)] = 2411.6 m/s = 2.4km/s