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Homework Statement
Suppose you are designing a car for a coasting race -- the cars in this race have no engines, they simply coast down a hill. Do you want large wheels or small wheels? Do you want solid, disk-like wheels, or hoop-like wheels? Should be wheels be heavy or light? (Select all that apply. Omit both choices in a pair if neither have a beneficial effect.)
Homework Equations
Moments of Inertia:
Hoop or thin cylindrical shell:
I=MR2
Solid cylinder:
I=(1/2)MR2
The Attempt at a Solution
The options are:
large
small
solid, disk-like
hoop-like
heavy
light
So I guessed small; solid, disk-like; and light because according to those equations above, those options would make it have a lower moment of inertia… but according to webassign, that is wrong, and I do not understand why. Can someone help?
Thank you in advance!