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TOPIC: Torque and angular motion|

Chapter No. 7

Time Allotted : 1 hour

SOLVED PROBLEMS TO UNDERSTAND:

1.

The wheel of a car is rotating at the rate of 1200 revolutions per minute. On pressing the accelerator for 10
sec it starts rotating at 4500 revolutions per minute. The angular acceleration of the wheel is

Solution: (d)

Angular acceleration () = rate of change of angular speed

2 (n2 n1 )

2.

4500 1200
3300
2

2
60

60 360 degree 1980 degree / sec 2 .

10
10
2 sec 2

A wheel completes 2000 rotations in covering a distance of . The diameter of the wheel is -----

Solution: (a)

Distance covered by wheel in 1 rotation = (Where D= 2r = diameter of wheel)

D = 9 . 5 10 3 m (given)

Distance covered in 2000 rotation = 2000 =

D 1 .5 meter

3.

If the position vector of a particle is r (3i 4 j) meter and its angular velocity is (j 2k ) rad/sec then

its linear velocity is (in m/s)

Solution: (a)

i j k

v r = (3i 4 j 0 k ) (0i j 2k ) 3 4 0 8i 6 j 3k
0

4.

A force of (2i 4 j 2k ) N acts at a point (3i 2j 4 k ) metre from the origin. The magnitude of torque is

Solution: (b)

F (2i 4 j 2k ) N and r (3 i 2 4 k ) meter

i

Torque r F 3

2 4 12i 14 j 16 k and | | (12 )2 (14 )2 (16 )2 = 24.4 N-m

2 4
2

5.

The resultant of the system in the figure is a force of 8 N parallel to the given force through R . The value of
PR equals to

Solution: (c)

By taking moment of forces about point R,

5 PR 3 RQ 0

3
PR RQ .
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6. When a force of 6.0 N is exerted at 30 o to a wrench at a distance of 8 cm

from the nut, it is just able to loosen the nut. What force F would be sufficient
to loosen it, if it acts perpendicularly to the wrench at 16 cm from the nut..
Solution: Try yourself
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Practice Problems:
1. The angular speed of a motor wheel is increased from 1200 rpm to 3120 rpm in 16 seconds. (i) What is its
angular acceleration, assuming the acceleration to be uniform? (ii) How many revolutions does the wheel make
during this time?
Ans. 4 rad s 2 , 576
2. A car is moving at a speed of 72 km/h. The diameter of its wheels is 0.50 m. If the wheels are stopped in 20
rotations by applying brakes, calculate the angular retardation produced by the brakes.
Ans. -25.5 rad/s2
3.

Find the torque of a force 7i 3 j 5k about the origin which acts on a particle whose position vector is

i j k .

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4. A 3 m long ladder weighing 20 kg leans on a frictionless wall. Its feet rest on the floor 1 m from the wall as
shown in Fig. 7.33.Find the reaction forces of the wall and the floor.

5.

Why do we prefer to use a wrench of longer arm?

6.

Why it is easier to open a tap with two fingers than with one finger?

7.

Can a body in equilibrium while in motion? If yes, give an example.

8.

Why we cannot rise from a chair without bending a little forward?

9. Prove that the centre of mass of two particles divides the line joining the particles in the inverse ratio of their
masses.
10. A non-uniform bar of weight W is suspended at rest by two strings of
negligible weights as shown in Fig. 7.100. The angles made by the strings with
the vertical are 36.9 and 53.1 respectively. The bar is 2 m long. Calculate the
distance d of the centre of gravity of the bar from its left end.
11. A meter stick is balanced on a knife edge at its centre. When two coins,
each of mass 5 g are put one on top of the other at the 12.0 cm mark, the stick
is found to be balanced at 45.0 cm. What is the mass of the metre stick?

Ans. 66.0 g

12. A system consists of two particle of masses m1 and m2 . If the particle of mass m1 is pushed towards the centre
of mass through a distance 'd', By what distance the particle of mass m2 be moved so as to keep the centre of mass
at the same position.
Ans : m1d/ m2

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