Rotation 5 Question 29
41. A block of mass is held by a long massless string on a frictionless inclined plane of inclination to the horizontal. The string is wound on a uniform solid cylindrical drum of mass and of radius as shown in figure.
The drum is given an initial angular velocity such that the block
(a) Find the tension in the string during the motion.
(b) At a certain instant of time, the magnitude of the angular velocity of
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 41. (a)
(b)
Solution:
- Given, mass of block
Mass of drum
Radius of drum,
Angle of inclined plane,
(a) Let
or
or
Solving Eqs. (i), (ii) and (iii) for
Substituting the value, we get
(b) From Eq. (iii), angular retardation of drum
or linear retardation of block
At the moment when angular velocity of drum is
The linear velocity of block will be
Now, the distance