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Okay so my total kinetic energy is going to be the rotational kinetic energy for the disk about itself plus the rotational kinetic energy for the disk about the center. That's beautiful. Last question. Would it be acceptable to model the disk as a point particle moving around the in a...

Homework Statement A 0.2 lb gear is released from rest in the position shown (Okay so this essentially a circular gear in the groves on an adjacent wall that is also circular. Think perpendicular circles with different radii. The gear is a circle, and the gear teeth are in a circular...