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Two flywheel designs with different masses, radii, and applied torques.
Two flywheel designs with different masses, radii, and applied torques.
An engineer is testing two different designs for a rotating flywheel. Design A consists of a uniform solid disk with mass \(M\) and radius \(R\) mounted on a low-friction axle. When a motor applies a constant net torque \(\tau\) to Design A, it experiences an angular acceleration \(\alpha_0\). Design B consists of a uniform solid disk with mass \(2M\) and radius \(2R\). If the motor is adjusted to apply a constant net torque of \(4\tau\) to Design B, what is the resulting angular acceleration of Design B in terms of \(\alpha_0\)?

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