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AP Physics C: Mechanics
6.2 Torque and Work
6.1 Rotational Kinetic Energy
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A circular disk of radius R shown in perspective, mounted on a central horizontal axle aligned with its symmetry axis. The disk has mass M indicated by a label M near the outer edge. A coiled spiral torsion spring is wrapped coaxially around the axle at the center of the disk, with one end attached to a fixed vertical support and the other attached to the disk. A curved reference arrow indicates the angular displacement \theta from a vertical reference dashed line labeled \theta = 0. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
A uniform disk connected to a torsion spring on a fixed horizontal axle.
A uniform solid disk of mass \(M\) and radius \(R\) is mounted on a fixed, frictionless axle passing through its center of mass. The disk is attached to a non-linear torsion spring that exerts a restoring torque \(\tau(\theta) = -\kappa \theta^3\), where \(\kappa\) is a positive constant and \(\theta\) is the angular displacement from equilibrium. The disk is released from rest at an initial angular displacement \(\theta = \theta_0 > 0\). Which of the following integral expressions correctly represents the angular speed \(\omega\) of the disk as it passes through the equilibrium position \(\theta = 0\)?

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