Physics 111 Practice Problem Statements 11
Angular Momentum
SJ 8th Ed.: Chap 11.1 – 11.4
Contents
12-23*, 12-25,12-29*, 12-32, 12-33, 12-39, 12-41*,12-46
Extra: 12-34, 12-42, 12-43, 12-44, 12-49
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Recap and Overview
Cross Product Revisited
Torque Revisited
Angular Momentum
Angular Form of Newton’s Second Law
Angular Momentum of a System of Particles
Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body about a Fixed
Axis
Conservation of Angular Momentum
Problem 12-23*: Two objects are moving as shown in the figure . What is their total angular
momentum about point O?
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Problem 12-25: At a certain time, a 0.25 kg object has a position vector r = 2.0i - 2.0k, in meters. At
that instant, its velocity in meters per second is v= -5.0i + 5.0k, and the force in newtons acting on it is
F= 4.0j. (a) What is the angular momentum of the object about the origin? (b) What torque acts on it?
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Problem 12-29*: A 3.0 kg particle with velocity v = (5.0 m/s)i - (6.0 m/s)j is at x = 3.0 m, y = 8.0 m. It
is pulled by a 7.0 N force in the negative x direction. (a) What is the angular momentum of the particle
about the origin? (b) What torque about the origin acts on the particle? (c) At what rate is the angular
momentum of the particle changing with time?
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Problem 12-32: At time t = 0, a 2.0 kg particle has position vector r = (4.0 m)i - (2.0 m)j relative to
the origin. Its velocity just then is given by v = (-6.0t2 m/s)i. About the origin and for t > 0, what are (a)
the particle's angular momentum and (b) the torque acting on the particle? (c) Repeat (a) and (b) about
a point with coordinates (-2.0 m, -3.0 m, 0) instead of about the origin.
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Problem 12-33: The angular momentum of a flywheel having a rotational inertia of 0.140 kg·m2
about its central axis decreases from 3.00 to 0.800 kg·m2/s in 1.50 s. (a) What is the magnitude of the
average torque acting on the flywheel about its central axis during this period? (b) Assuming a constant
angular acceleration, through what angle does the flywheel turn? (c) How much work is done on the
wheel? (d) What is the average power of the flywheel?
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Problem 12-39: A man stands on a platform that is rotating (without friction) with an angular speed
of 1.2 rev/s; his arms are outstretched and he holds a brick in each hand. The rotational inertia of the
system consisting of the man, bricks, and platform about the central axis is 6.0 kg·m2. If by moving the
bricks the man decreases the rotational inertia of the system to 2.0 kg·m2, (a) what is the resulting
angular speed of the platform and (b) what is the ratio of the new kinetic energy of the system to the
original kinetic energy? (c) What provided the added kinetic energy?
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Problem 12-41*: A wheel is rotating freely at angular speed 800 rev/minon a shaft whose rotational
inertia is negligible. A second wheel, initially at rest and with twice the rotational inertia of the first, is
suddenly coupled to the same shaft. (a) What is the angular speed of the resultant combination of the
shaft and two wheels? (b) What fraction of the original rotational kinetic energy is lost?
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Problem 12-46: In the figure, two skaters, each of mass 50 kg, approach each other along parallel
paths separated by 3.0 m. They have opposite velocities of 1.4 m/s each. One skater carries one end of
a long pole with negligible mass, and the other skater grabs the other end of it as she passes. Assume
frictionless ice. (a) Describe quantitatively the motion of the skaters after they have become connected
by the pole. (b) What is the kinetic energy of the two-skater system? Next, the skaters each pull along
the pole so as to reduce their separation to 1.0 m. What then are (c) their angular speed speed and (d)
the kinetic energy of the system? (e) Explain the source of the increased kinetic energy.
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Problem 12-42: Two disks are mounted on low-friction bearings on the same axle and can be
brought together so that they couple and rotate as one unit. (a) The first disk, with rotational inertia 3.3
kg·m2 about its central axis, is set spinning at 450 rev/min. The second disk, with rotational inertia 6.6
kg·m2 about its central axis, is set spinning at 900 rev/min in the same direction as the first. They then
couple together. What is their angular speed after coupling? (b) If instead the second disk is set
spinning at 900 rev/min in the direction opposite the first disk's rotation, what is their angular speed and
direction of rotation after coupling?
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Problem 12-34: A sanding disk with rotational inertia 1.2 x 10-3 kg·m2 is attached to an electric drill
whose motor delivers a torque of 16 N·m. Find (a) the angular momentum of the disk about its central
axis and (b) the angular speed speed of the disk 33 milliseconds after the motor is turned on.
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Problem 12-43: In a playground, there is a small merry-go-round of radius 1.20 m and mass 180 kg.
Its radius of gyration (see Problem 43 of Chapter 11) is 91.0 cm. A child of mass 44.0 kg runs at a
speed of 3.00 m/s along a path that is tangent to the rim of the initially stationary merry-go-round and
then jumps on. Neglect friction between the bearings and the shaft of the merry-go-round. Calculate (a)
the rotational inertia of the merry-go-round about its axis of rotation, (b) the magnitude of the angular
momentum of the running child about the axis of rotation of the merry-go-round, and (c) the angular
speed of the merry-go-round and child after the child has jumped on.
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Problem 12-44: The rotational inertia of a collapsing spinning star changes to 1/3 of its initial value.
What is the ratio of the new rotational kinetic energy to the initial rotational kinetic energy?
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Problem 12-49: A horizontal vinyl record of mass 0.10 kg and radius 0.10 m rotates freely about a
vertical axis through its center with an angular speed of 4.7 rad/s. The rotational inertia of the record
about its axis of rotation is 5.0x10-4 kg·m2. A wad of wet putty of mass 0.020 kg drops vertically onto the
record from above and sticks to the edge of the record. What is the angular speed of the record
immediately after the putty sticks to it?
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