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AP Physics C: Mechanics
5.2 Connecting Linear and Rotational Motion
5.1 Rotational Kinematics
IntermediateMCQGraphicalProportional Analysis19k
A circular disk is viewed from an oblique perspective as a flat ellipse with a horizontal major axis. A vertical dashed centerline representing an axle passes perpendicularly through the center of the disk, extending slightly above the top surface and below the bottom surface. Near the top of the vertical dashed line, a curved circular arrow curls counterclockwise around the axle and is labeled with the Greek letter \(\alpha\). A single solid dot labeled \(P\) is positioned on the outer perimeter of the disk at the right edge. A straight horizontal line segment extends from the geometric center of the ellipse to the dot at point \(P\) and is labeled \(R\). No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
A disk of radius \(R\) rotating with constant angular acceleration \(\alpha\) and a point \(P\) on the rim.
A uniform disk of radius \(R\) is mounted on a fixed axle through its center and is initially at rest. Beginning at time \(t = 0\), a constant net torque is applied to the disk, producing a constant angular acceleration \(\alpha\). A point \(P\) is located on the outer rim of the disk. Which of the following best describes the shapes of the graphs of the tangential acceleration \(a_t\) and centripetal acceleration \(a_c\) of point \(P\) as functions of time \(t\)?

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