Torque and Rotational Motion
A disc of radius 0.1 m starts from rest and accelerates with a constant angular acceleration. A point on the edge of the disc travels a linear distance of 0.5 m in 5 s. What is the angular acceleration of the disc?
0.2 rad/s²
2 rad/s²
10 rad/s²
50 rad/s²
A wheel with a radius of 0.3 m is rolling without slipping along a horizontal surface. If the center of mass of the wheel has a linear speed of 6 m/s, what is the angular speed of the wheel?
2 rad/s
10 rad/s
18 rad/s
20 rad/s
A wheel with a radius of 0.5 m is rotating at a constant angular speed of 4 rad/s. What is the linear speed of a point on the edge of the wheel?
0.5 m/s
1 m/s
2 m/s
8 m/s
A rotating platform has a radius of 2 meters. If a point on the edge of the platform travels a linear distance of 6 meters, what is the angular displacement of the platform?
2 rad
3 rad
6 rad
12 rad
A rigid object is rotating with an angular velocity of 5 rad/s. Point A is located 0.2 m from the axis of rotation, and Point B is located 0.4 m from the axis of rotation. What is the ratio of the linear speed of Point B to the linear speed of Point A?
0.25
0.5
2
4
A wheel with a radius of 0.5 m rolls without slipping down an incline. The wheel starts from rest and reaches a linear speed of 4 m/s after traveling a distance of 8 m along the incline. What is the angular acceleration of the wheel?
0.5 rad/s²
1 rad/s²
2 rad/s²
4 rad/s²
A point on the edge of a rotating disk travels 180 degrees. If the radius of the disk is 0.2 m, what is the linear distance traveled by the point?
0.314 m
0.628 m
1.256 m
3.14 m

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A motor spins at a rate of 1200 rpm (revolutions per minute). If the radius of the motor's shaft is 0.05 m, what is the linear speed of a point on the surface of the shaft?
0.10 m/s
2π m/s
6.28 m/s
120 m/s
Two points, A and B, are located on a rigid rotating object. Point A is closer to the axis of rotation than Point B. Which of the following statements is true about their angular velocities?
Point A has a greater angular velocity than Point B.
Point B has a greater angular velocity than Point A.
Points A and B have the same angular velocity.
The relationship between their angular velocities depends on the moment of inertia.
A rotating object starts from rest and has a constant angular acceleration of 2 \text{ rad/s}^2
. What is the angular speed of the object after it has rotated through an angle of 4\pi
radians?
2 \text{ rad/s}
4 \text{ rad/s}
4\pi \text{ rad/s}
16 \text{ rad/s}