Chapter Problems

I. Axis of Rotation and Angular Properties

Classwork

1. How many radians are subtended by a 0.10 m arc of a circle of radius 0.40 m?

2. How many degrees are subtended by a 0.10 m arc of a circle of radius of 0.40 m?

3. A ball rotates 2π rad in 4.0 s. What is its angular velocity?

4. A toy car rolls in a circular path of radius 0.25 m and the car wheels rotate an arc length of 0.75 m in 8.0 s. What is
the angular velocity of the wheels?

5. A mouse is running around in a circle. It starts from rest and accelerates to ω = 12 rad/s in 0.90 s. What is the
mouse’s angular acceleration?

6. A bicycle tire moving at ω = 3.5 rad/s accelerates at a constant rate to 4.2 rad/s in 3.0 s. What is its angular
acceleration?

7. A bicycle with tires of radius equal to 0.30 m is moving at a constant angular velocity of 2.5 rad/s. What is the linear
velocity of the bicycle?

8. A motorbike has tires of radius 0.25 m. If the motorbike is traveling at 4.0 m/s, what is the angular velocity of the
tires?

9. An elementary school student pushes, with a constant force, a merry-go-round of radius 4.0 m from rest to an
angular velocity of 0.80 rad/s in 1.5 s.

a) What is the angular acceleration, α?

b) What is the merry-go-round’s tangential acceleration at r = 4.0 m?

c) What is the merry-go-round’s radial (centripetal) acceleration at r = 4.0 m?

d) What is the merry-go-round’s total linear acceleration at r = 4.0 m?

e) What is the frequency of rotation (f) of the merry-go-round at t = 1.5 s?

Homework

10. A bicycle tire of radius 0.33 m moves forward, without slipping, a distance of 0.27 m. How many radians does the
wheel rotate?

11. A bicycle tire of radius 0.33 m moves forward, without slipping, a distance of 0.27 m. How many degrees does the
wheel rotate?

12. A flat disc rotates 1.5π rad in 12 s. What is its angular velocity?

13. An electric train rides a circular track of radius 0.39 m and its wheels rotate an arc length (linear distance) of 0.96 m
in 4.0 s. What is the angular velocity of the wheels?

14. A boy pulls a wagon in a circle. The wagon starts from rest and accelerates to an angular velocity of 0.25 rad/s in
1.2 s. What is the wagon’s angular acceleration?

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15. A car tire rotating with an angular velocity of 42 rad/s accelerates at a constant rate to 51 rad/s in 3.0 s. What is its
angular acceleration?

16. A bicycle has wheels with a radius of 0.25 m. The wheels are moving at a constant angular velocity of 3.1 rad/s.
What is the linear velocity of the bicycle?

17. A motorbike has tires of radius 0.25 m. If the motorbike is traveling at 1.7 m/s, what is the angular velocity of the
tires (assume the tires are rotating without slipping)?

18. A cyclist accelerates uniformly from rest to a linear velocity of 1.0 m/s in 0.75 s. The bicycle tires have a radius of
0.38 m.

a) What is the angular velocity of each bicycle tire at t = 0.75 s?

b) What is the angular acceleration of each tire?

c) What is the tangential acceleration of each tire at r = 0.38 m?

d) What is the centripetal (radial) acceleration of each tire at r = 0.38 m?

e) What is the total linear acceleration of each tire at t = 0.75 s?

f) What is the rotational frequency (f) of each tire?

19. Unlike record players which rotate at a constant angular velocity, the CD-ROM driver in a CD player rotates the CD at
different angular velocities so that the optical head maintains a constant tangential velocity relative to the CD.
Assume the CD has a diameter of 0.120 m and that the CD needs to move at a tangential velocity of 1.26 m/s
relative to the optical head so the data (music) can be read correctly.

a) What is the angular velocity when the CD-ROM is reading data at the outer edge of the CD? Give the answer in
rpm and rad/s.

b) At the inner edge of the CD, the CD-ROM rotates at 500 rpm. How far from the center of the CD is the inner
edge (vtangential = 1.26 m/s)?

c) What is the centripetal (radial) acceleration at the outer edge of the CD?

d) What is the rotational frequency (f) of the CD when it is reading data at its outer edge?

II. Rotational Kinematics

Classwork

20. A tricycle wheel of radius 0.11 m is at rest and is then accelerated at a rate of 2.3 rad/s2 for a period of 8.6 s. What is
the wheel’s final angular velocity?

21. A tricycle wheel of radius 0.11 m is at rest and is then accelerated at a rate of 2.3 rad/s2 for a period of 8.6 s. What is
the wheel’s final linear velocity?

22. A potter’s wheel is rotating with an angular velocity of ω = 3.2 rad/s. The potter applies a constant force,
accelerating the wheel at 0.21 rad/s2. What is the wheel’s angular velocity after 6.4 s?

23. A potter’s wheel is rotating with an angular velocity of ω = 3.2 rad/s. The potter applies a constant force,
accelerating the wheel at 0.21 rad/s2. What is the wheel’s angular displacement after 6.4 s?

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24. A bicycle wheel with a radius of 0.38 m accelerates at a constant rate of 4.8 rad/s2 for 9.2 s from rest. How many
revolutions did it make during that time?

25. A bicycle wheel with a radius of 0.38 m accelerates at a constant rate of 4.8 rad/s2 for 9.2 s from rest. What was its
linear displacement during that time?

26. A Frisbee of radius 0.15 m is accelerating at a constant rate from 7.1 revolutions per second to 9.3 revolutions per
second in 6.0 s. What is its angular acceleration?

27. A Frisbee of radius 0.15 m is accelerating at a constant rate from 7.1 revolutions per second to 9.3 revolutions per
second in 6.0 s. What is its angular displacement during that time?

28. A record is rotating at 33 revolutions per minute. It accelerates uniformly to 78 revolutions per minute with an
angular acceleration of 2.0 rad/s2. Through what angular displacement does the record move during this period?

29. What is the angular acceleration of a record that slows uniformly from an angular speed of 45 revolutions per
minute to 33 revolutions per minute in 3.1 s?

Homework

30. A tricycle wheel of radius 0.13 m is at rest and is then accelerated uniformly to a final angular velocity of 4.4 rad/s
after 3.4 s. What was the wheel’s angular acceleration?

31. A tricycle wheel of radius 0.13 m is at rest and is then accelerated uniformly to a final angular velocity of 4.4 rad/s
after 3.4 s. What was the wheel’s tangential acceleration at its rim?

32. A Micro–Hydro turbine generator is accelerating uniformly from an angular velocity of 610 rpm to its operating
angular velocity of 837 rpm. The radius of the turbine generator is 0.62 m and its rotational acceleration is
5.9 rad/s2. What is the turbine’s angular displacement (in radians) after 3.2 s?

33. A Micro–Hydro turbine generator rotor is accelerating uniformly from an angular velocity of 610 rpm to its operating
angular velocity of 837 rpm. The radius of the rotor is 0.62 m and its rotational acceleration is 5.9 rad/s2. What is
the rotor’s angular velocity (in rad/s) after 3.2 s?

34. A bicycle wheel with a radius of 0.42 m accelerates uniformly for 6.8 s from an initial angular velocity of 5.5 rad/s to
a final angular velocity of 6.7 rad/s. What was its angular acceleration?

35. A bicycle wheel with a radius of 0.42 m accelerates uniformly for 6.8 s from an initial angular velocity of 5.5 rad/s to
a final angular velocity of 6.7 rad/s. What was its angular displacement during that time? What was its linear
displacement?

36. An aluminum pie plate of radius 0.12 m spins and accelerates at a constant rate from 13 rad/s to 29 rad/s in 5.4 s.
What was its angular acceleration?

37. An aluminum pie plate of radius 0.12 m is spins and accelerates at a constant rate from 13 rad/s to 29 rad/s in 5.4 s.
What was its angular displacement during that time?

38. A record turntable rotating at 78.0 rpm is switched off and slows down uniformly to a stop in 30.0 s. What was its
angular acceleration? How many revolutions did it make while slowing down?

39. A wheel starts from rest and accelerates with a constant α = 3.0 rad/s2. During a 4.0 s interval it rotates through an
angular displacement of 120 radians. How long had the wheel been in motion at the start of that interval?

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Chapter Problems

1. 0.25 rad
2. 140
3. 1.6 rad
4. 0.38 rad/s
5. 13.3 rad/s2
6. 0.23 rad/s2
7. 0.75 m/s
8. 16 rad/s
9.
a. 0.53 rad/s2
b. 2.1 m/s2
c. 2.6 m/s2
d. 3.3 m/s2
e. 0.13 Hz
10. 0.82 rad
11. 470
12. 0.39 rad
13. 0.62 rad/s
14. 0.21 rad/s2
15. 3.0 rad/s2
16. 0.78 m/s
17. 6.8 rad/sg
18.
a. 2.6 rad/s
b. 3.5 rad/s2
c. 1.3 m/s2
d. 2.6 m/s2
e. 2.9 m/s2
f. 0.41 Hz
19.
a. 21.0 rad/s; 201 rpm
b. 0.0241 m
c. 26.5 m/s2
d. 3.34 Hz
20. 19.8 rad/s
21. 2.2 m/s
22. 4.5 rad/s
23. 24.8 rad
24. 32.3 revolutions
25. 77.1 m
26. 2.3 rad/s2
27. 309.1 rad
28. 13.7 rad
29. -0.41 rad/s2
30. 1.3 rad/s2
31. 0.17 m/s2
32. 234.6 rad
33. 82.8 rad/s
34. 0.18 rad/s2
35. 41.5 rad; 17.4 m
36. 2.96 rad/s2
37. 113.4 rad
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 38. -0.272 rad/s2; 19.5 revolutions
39. 8.0 s

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