A rope is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 3 kg and radius 40 cm. What is the angular acceleration of…

A rope is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 3 kg and radius 40 cm. What is the angular acceleration of the cylinder if the rope is pulled with a force of 30 N?
  1. 25 m s-2
  2. 0.25 rad s-2
  3. 25 rad s-2
  4. 5 m s-2

Solution


The torque about centre is τ=I α, here I is the moment of inertia and α is angular acceleration.

The formula of moment of inertia is MR2.
F×R=MR2α
30×0.4=3×0.42α
12=3×0.16α
400=16α
Thus, angular acceleration is α=25 rad/s2

Asked in: NEET 2017

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