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Alem2000
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Hi my problem is I have a platform that is rotating and it [tex]\omega_0=8\pi[/tex] and the question is how long does it take it to stop. All my work up to here is correct and I have [tex]\sum\tau=I\alpha[/tex] where my [tex]\sum\tau=3.75Nm[/tex] and [tex]I=1.91kgm^2[/tex] and [tex]\alpha=1.96rad/s^2[/tex] so I wanted to use the [tex]\omega= \omega_0+\alpha t[/tex] equation but i don't know final angular velocity and time is my target variable. The solution manual used [tex]\omega=\alpha t[/tex] why is this justified? The [tex]\omega_0[/tex] does not equal zero so why did the solution manual just take it out?