Angular momentum and Springs (2 ques)

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The discussion focuses on two physics problems involving angular momentum and tension in a cord. The first problem involves a student on a rotating stool with two 3.0 kg objects, where the moment of inertia is 3.0 kg·m² and the initial angular speed is 0.75 rad/s. The student successfully solved this problem using the conservation of angular momentum equation, I₁ω₁ = I₂ω₂. The second problem involves a 15.0 kg object on a frictionless incline, where the student struggles to find the correct tension in the rope, initially miscalculating it using gravitational force and acceleration. The correct approach requires applying Newton's second law and considering the incline's angle.

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I have 2 problems that have been giving a bit of trouble since last night when I gave up on them. I found a similar one to the first one on here but I didn't quite understand the equation that was given.

Homework Statement


A student sits on a rotating stool holding two 3.0 kg objects. When his arms are extended horizontally, the objects are 1.0 m from the axis of rotation, and he rotates with an angular speed of 0.75 rad/s. The moment of inertia of the student plus stool is 3.0 kg·m2 and is assumed to be constant. The student then pulls the objects horizontally to 0.30 m from the rotation axis.

Find the new angular speed of the student in rad/s.

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A 15.0-kg object is attached to a cord that is wrapped around a wheel of radius r = 11.0 cm (Fig. P8.60). The acceleration of the object down the frictionless incline is measured to be 2.00 m/s2. Assume the axle of the wheel to be frictionless. The object is also on a slope of 37 degrees.

(a) Find the tension of the rope.

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for the first one I can not figure out what equation to use at all, a boost in the right direction would help me tremendously. I worked on this last night so I don't remember how exactly I got the following answers but here are the wrong answers I came up with: 1.267 rad/s , 2.757 rad/s , 1.688 rad/s .

for the second, I swear I am going this right but I keep getting the wrong answer.
For the tension of the rope, at first I tried 15kg(9.81m/s^2)cos(37). But the object is accelerating at 2.00m/s^2 so I tried 15kg(2m/s^2) = 30n. Then I tried both added together. These are the three wrong answers I have gotten 117.5 N, 30 N, and 147.5 N.Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

EDIT: didnt mean to put "springs in the title"
 
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I solved the first problem, I was using IiWi = IfWf , sorry for lazy latex. But I didnt consider that the given interia of 3 for the student did not needed to be changed. I was halving it using 1/2MR^2 instead of considering as that whole thing.

But as for the other problem I am still stumped.
 

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