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i have a feeling that to find the angular velocity I am going to need to use v = ωR just I am not sure how i would go about implementing this formula. i have the linear velocity of the center of mass, but it isn't at the center. it is 2/3 the length from the left side of the system. and if i...

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Homework Statement Hard to explain. See the attachment for the problem statement. http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3558/problem3rr9.th.jpg each sphere has - mass = m - small r the rod has - length = l - negligable mass. the clay lump has - mass = m - initial velocity = Vo all...

My AP Physics C class has a test tomorrow about Rotation Dynamics and my teacher gave us a practive exam over the weekend and i felt really good about it thinking i was going to do really well, but this practice exam is really difficult and I am stuck on every problem. there are four problems...