PHYS 201 Midterm: PHYS 201 TAMU Fall 11 Exam 3 Solutions
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On the following problems show all your work. All answers must include the correct plus or minus sign and the correct units. (6 pts). A man holding a heavy object in each hand stands on a small platform that is free to rotate about a vertical axis. Initially he is standing with his arms outstretched and he and the platform are rotating with an angular velocity of 0. 600 radls. With his arms outstretched, the moment of inertia of the system (man + platform + weights) is 4. 00 kg m2. A large wheel of radius 0. 300 m is initially at rest and then starts to rotate with a constant angular acceleration of 0. 400 rad/s2 about an axle at its center. A large wheel with radius r is mounted on a frictionless axle that passes through the center of the wheel. A light rope is wrapped around the wheel and a block is suspended from the free end of the rope.
