A mass attached to a cord around a disk

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Homework Statement



Imagine a frictionless pulley (a solid cylinder) of unknown mass M and radius r = 0.200 m which is used to draw water from a well. A bucket of mass m = 1.50 kg is attached to a massless cord wrapped around the pulley. The bucket starts from rest at the top of the well and falls for t = 3.00 s before hitting the water h = 9.99 m below the top of the well.

What is the tension in the cord?
What is the torque that is applied to the pulley due to the cord?

Homework Equations


Torque=force*radius
Tension=mass*g?


The Attempt at a Solution


 
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Hi disque! :smile:
disque said:
Torque=force*radius

Yes :smile:
Tension=mass*g?

No … use conservation of energy to find the speed, differentiate for the acceleration, then use good ol' Newton's second law to find the tension :wink: