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Homework Statement
A turntable has a mass of 1 kg and a radius of 0.17 m and is initially rotating freely at 78 rpm (ωi,t = 8.168 rad/s). There are no external torques acting on the system. The moment of inertia of the turntable can be approximated by that of a disk (Idisk = MR^2/2).
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A small object, initially at rest, is dropped vertically onto the turntable and sticks to the turntable at a distance d of 0.10 m from its center as shown in the figure. When the small object is rotating with the turntable, the angular velocity of the turntable ωf,t is 72.7 rpm (7.613 rad/s). What is the mass of the small object that was dropped onto the turntable?
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The Attempt at a Solution
Here i have got everything but the angular velocity of the object when combined with the disk...
I only know the smaller radius, the higher angular velocity, but i am not sure how to get the exact value with numerical calculation...
Please Could someone help me out here to get the angular velocity of the object?
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