# Help with rotational motion work!

1. Nov 20, 2013

### Heisenburger

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data

A billiards ball of mass M is initially motionless on a table when it is hit by a cue projecting it forward with speed V and no angular velocity. Find the speed of the ball when it eventually begins to roll. Assume the ball does not slip when it begins to roll. What proportion of the original kinetic energy is lost in the process? (The ball’s moment of inertia is 2Ma^2/5.)

2. Relevant equations

K=0.5mv^2
K=Iω^2
v=ωr

3. The attempt at a solution

k before = 0.5mv^2
after = Iw^2, where w=v/r

so proportion of energy lost = energy lost/original energy

=0.5mv^2-Iw^2 all over 0.5mv^2?

= 1- $\frac{2a^2}{5r^2}$

Last edited: Nov 20, 2013
2. Nov 20, 2013

### Staff: Mentor

I assume they mean for you to find when the ball begins rolling without slipping. How can you find that final velocity of the ball's center of mass?

3. Nov 20, 2013

### Heisenburger

I'm not sure, is it not the same as the start? or do i take into account energy lost before this?

4. Nov 20, 2013

### Staff: Mentor

How can it be? What causes the ball to rotate is friction, which slows the translational speed as it increases the rotational speed. In the process, mechanical energy is lost.

Start by figuring out the final velocity, which will be less than the initial velocity. (There are several ways of doing this.)