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A cylinder of mass M is placed on top of a block of mass 2M. Neglecting the friction between the block and the horizontal plane. But friction coefficient between the cylinder and the top surface of block is μ. A small body of mass M travelling with a velocity v0 hits the block horizontally. Collision is completely elastic. If the maximum value of v0 for which the cylinder starts pure rolling before it topples from the top of the block is v0max=nmμgd. The value of m×n is ____

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Important Questions on Systems of Particles and Rotational Motion

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An automobile moves on a road with a speed of 54 km h-1 . The radius of its wheels is 0.45m and the moment of inertia of the wheel about its axis of rotation is 3 kg m2 . If the vehicle is brought to rest in 15 s , the magnitude of average torque transmitted by its brakes to the wheel is:
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Point masses m1 and m2 are placed at the opposite ends of rigid rod of length L , and negligible mass. The rod is to be set rotating about an axis perpendicular to it. The position of point L on this rod through which the axis should pass so that the work required to set the rod rotating with angular velocity ω0 is minimum, is given by:
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Consider a body of mass 1.0kg at rest at the origin at time t=0. A force F=αti^+βj^ is applied on the body, where α=1.0Ns-1 and β=1.0 N. The torque acting on the body about the origin at time =1.0 s is τ. Which of the following statements is (are) true?
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A rope is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 3 kg and radius 40 cm. What is the angular acceleration of the cylinder if the rope is pulled with a force of 30 N?
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The rope of a kite is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 200 g and radius 5 cm. If the kite experiences a pull of F=1 N, what will be the linear acceleration of the rope?
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Which of the following statements are correct?

(i) Centre of mass of a body always coincides with the centre of gravity of the body.

(ii) Centre of mass of a body is the point at which the total gravitational torque on the body is zero

(iii) A couple on a body produce both translational and rotational motion in a body.

(iv) Mechanical advantage greater than one means that small effort can be used to lift a large load.
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To mop-clean a floor, a cleaning machine presses a circular mop of radius R vertically down with a total force F and rotates it with a constant angular speed about its axis. If the force F is distributed uniformly over the mop and if coefficient of friction between the mop and the floor is μ, the torque, applied by the machine on the mop is:
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A solid cylinder of mass 50 kg and radius 0.5 m is free to rotate about horizontal axis. A massless string is wound round the cylinder with one end attached to it and other hanging freely. Tension in the string required to produce an angular acceleration of 2 revolutions s-2
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A pulley of radius 1.5 m is rotated about its axis by a force F=12t-3t2 N applied tangentially (while t is measured in seconds). If moment of inertia of the pulley about its axis of rotation is 4.5 kg m2, the number of rotations made by the pulley before its direction of motion is reversed, will be Kπ. The value of K is _____ .
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The moment of the force, F=4i^+5j^6k^ at ( 2,0,3 ), about the point ( 2,2,2 ), is given by
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A rigid uniform bar AB of length L is slipping from its vertical position on a frictionless floor (as shown in the figure). At some instant of time, the angle made by the bar with the vertical is θ. Which of the following statements about its motion is correct?

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A uniform disc of radius R is spinned to an angular velocity ωo and then carefully placed on a horizontal surface. If pressure exerted by the disc on surface is regarded as uniform and the coefficient of friction is equal to k, the rotation of the disc will come to a stop in time t. The value of t is
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A wheel of radius R and mass M is placed at the bottom of a fixed step of height R as shown in the figure. A constant force is continuously applied on the surface of the wheel so that it just climbs the step without slipping. Consider the torque τ about an axis normal to the plane of the paper passing through the point Q. Which of the following options is/are correct?

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A slender uniform rod of mass M and length l is pivoted at one end so that it can rotate in a vertical plane (see figure). There is negligible friction at the pivot. The free end is held vertically above the pivot and then released. The angular acceleration of the rod when it makes an angle θ with the vertical is:

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A solid cylinder of mass 2 kg and radius 4 cm is rotating about its axis at the rate of 3 rpm. The torque required to stop after 2π revolutions is
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A particle of mass m is moving along a trajectory given by
x=x0+a cosω1t
y=y0+b sinω2t
The torque, acting on the particle about the origin, at t=0 is:
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A metal coin of mass 5 g and radius 1 cm is fixed to a thin stick AB of negligible mass as shown in the figure. The system is initially at rest. The constant torque, that will make the system rotate about AB at 25 rotations per second in  5 s , is close to:
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A force of 40 N acts on a point B at the end of an L-shaped object as shown in the figure. The angle θ that will produce the maximum moment of the force about point A is given by:
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A turbine fan in a jet engine has moment of inertia 2.5 kg m2 about its axis of rotation. Its angular velocity is 40t2. The net torque is
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A uniform rod of length l and mass m is free to rotate in a vertical plane about A. The rod initially in horizontal position is released. The initial angular acceleration of the rod is (Moment of inertia of rod about A is ml23)

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