Connection between Tension/Torque/Inertia, & linear acceleration

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The discussion centers on calculating the acceleration of a block sliding down an inclined plane while connected to a flywheel. The block has a mass of 5.00 kg and is affected by a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.25 on a 36.9-degree incline. The participant has drawn free body diagrams and applied Newton's second law, expressing tension in terms of gravitational forces and friction. They are attempting to relate tension to torque and angular acceleration, questioning whether the lever arms should be considered as the radius. The calculated acceleration is 1.744 m/s², but the participant seeks confirmation of its correctness.
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Homework Statement



A block with mass m = 5.00 kg slides down a surface inclined 36.9 degrees to the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.25. A string attached to the block is wrapped around a flywheel on a fixed axis at O. The flywheel has mass 25.0 kg and moment of inertia 0.500 kg m^2 with respect to the axis of rotation. The string pulls without slipping at a perpendicular distance of 0.400 m from that axis.

Calculate the Acceleration of the block.
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Homework Equations



So far I drew up two Free Body Diagrams, one of the block and another of the Pulley.

Torque = Inertia * Angular Acceleration

Angular Acceleration= linear accelreation/ radius

Newton's 2nd Law


The Attempt at a Solution



So far I know that the pulley mass is not needed to find the acceleration of the block (according to my friend).

I used Newton's 2nd Law for the Tension of the block

Tension= mg( sin( theta) - Uk cos(theta ) - ma

Somehow I have to tie this with the Torque, but I don't know how. Would the levers be considered the radius?

Torque Net = Tension (r) - Uk (mg*r) , which would then equal to Inertia * linear acceleration/ Radius?
 
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I got the answer to be 1.744 m/s^2

Is this right?
 
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