Recent content by bendezium

Thank you RoyalCat, I actually tried isolating theta before I even posted, and realized that it wasn't very easy to do. No big deal - that's what Maple is for. I also thought of a second way to convince him. If you look at it from the rotating rod's perspective, it still has to provide a...

The mass draws a circle around the spinning rod, and not around the hinge. I believe that the length A should be taken into account, but my boss is trying to convince me that the length of A doesn't matter. Here's my choice: r = B * sin(theta) + A Could someone explain to me why I'm...

Homework Statement Problem statement: Please see the attached picture. A rigid rod rotates with constant angular velocity w. A rigid bar with length A is attached perpendicular to the rotating rod. A second rigid bar with length B is attached to the other end of bar A by a hinge. The...