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AP Physics C: Mechanics
5.6 Newton’s Second Law in Rotational Form
5.4 Rotational Inertia
5.3 Torque
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Figure 1. A hanging block attached to a non-uniform pulley.
Figure 1. A hanging block attached to a non-uniform pulley.
A solid disk-shaped pulley of total mass \(M = 3.0 \text{ kg}\) and radius \(R = 0.100 \text{ m}\) is mounted on a horizontal axle. The pulley is manufactured such that its area mass density \(\sigma\) (in \(\text{kg/m}^2\)) increases with the radial distance \(r\) from the center according to the equation \(\sigma(r) = cr\), where \(c\) is a positive constant. Given that the total mass of the pulley is \(M\), the constant \(c\) can be expressed as \(c = \dfrac{3M}{2\pi R^3}\).

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