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AP Physics C: Mechanics
7.5 Simple and Physical Pendulums
5.4 Rotational Inertia
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Angular acceleration versus angular displacement for the oscillating object.
Angular acceleration versus angular displacement for the oscillating object.
A rigid, irregular planar object of mass \(M = 2.0\text{ kg}\) is suspended from a horizontal frictionless pivot located at a distance \(d = 0.50\text{ m}\) from its center of mass. The object is displaced by a small angle and released from rest, undergoing small-angle oscillations in a vertical plane. A motion sensor records the object's angular acceleration \(\alpha\) as a function of its angular displacement \(\theta\), resulting in the graph shown. Taking the acceleration due to gravity to be \(g = 10\text{ m/s}^2\), what is the rotational inertia of the object about an axis perpendicular to the plane and passing through its center of mass?

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