Recent content by frillybob

Thanks for that. Could you happen to explain your reasoning to the second paragraph a bit more? Could you also explain how to find it. (You can use different numbers than mine, I work much better with numbers)

F = M*A 2.94N = 0.3Kg*9.8m/s/s?

0.690N? Not trying to irritate you or anything. It's my first time on this board.

I assume all of it because it says it doesn't slip.

Torque is a measure of how much a force acting on an object causes that object to rotate. https://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/torque/Q.torque.intro.html

T=I*A Where T is torque (Given) I is moment of inertia (Not given) A is angular Acceleration (Need to find)

The question says to take positive to be the right. It is moving to the right as well.

Updated in main post. I left it as T because that is what the problem defines it by.

Updated in main post. Sorry about that!

Homework Statement A spool of thread consists of a cylinder of radius R1 = 6.6 cm with end caps of radius R2 = 9.3 cm as depicted in the end view shown in the figure below. The mass of the spool, including the thread, is m = 290 g. The spool is placed on a rough, horizontal surface so that it...