A solid disk, spinning counter-clockwise, has a mass of 8 kg and a radius of 3/2 m. If a point on the edge of the disk is moving at 9/8 m/s in the direction perpendicular to the disk's radius, what is the disk's angular momentum and velocity?
1 Answer
Nov 20, 2016
The angular momentum is
The angular velocity is
Explanation:
The angular velocity
where
so,
The angular momentum is
Where
In the case of a solid disc,
Therefore,
The angular momentum is