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Please show work. Thank you A yo-yo is made of two solid cylindrical disks, each

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A yo-yo is made of two solid cylindrical disks, each of mass 0.055 kg and diameter 0.079 m , joined by a (concentric) thin solid cylindrical hub of mass 0.0054 kg and diameter 0.011 m . Use conservation of energy to calculate the linear speed of the yo-yo when it reaches the end of its 1.0 m long string, if it is released from rest. Express your answer using two significant figures. What fraction of its kinetic energy is rotational? Express your answer using two significant figures.

Explanation / Answer

(a)
total mass of yo-yo:
m = 2(0.055 kg) + 0.0054 kg
m = 0.1154 kg

moment of inertia of yo-yo:
I = 2(1/2)(0.055 kg)(0.079/2 m)^2 + (1/2)(0.0054 kg)(0.011/2 m)^2
I = 8.58*10-5 kg-m^2

(gravitational potential energy) = (rotational kinetic energy) + (linear kinetic energy)
mgh = (1/2)I^2 + (1/2)mv^2
mgh = (1/2)(I)(v/r)^2 + (1/2)mv^2
mgh = (1/2)(I/r^2 + m)v^2

Use the radius of the hub for r since the tension in the string is what is imparting torque on the hub during motion.

(0.1154 kg)(9.81 m/s^2)(1.00 m) = (1/2)(8.58*10-5 kg-m^2/(0.011/2 m)^2 + 0.1154 kg)v^2

= 1.13207 = 1.47588v^2

v^2 = 1.13207 / 1.47588

v = 0.87 m/s

(b)
(rotational kinetic energy) / (total energy) =
(1/2)I^2 / (mgh) =
(1/2)(I)(v/r)^2 / (mgh) =
{(1/2)(8.58*10^-5 kg-m^2)[(0.87 m/s) / (0.011/2 m)]^2} / [(0.1154 kg)(9.81 m/s^2)(1 m)] =

= 0.95 or 95%