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The discussion focuses on solving physics problems involving angular momentum and motion of a solid sphere. The first problem involves a 4-kg ball striking a 2.5 m long metal bar, leading to the calculation of the bar's angular speed post-collision using the conservation of angular momentum. The second problem addresses the acceleration of a bowling ball rolling up an incline, where the participant struggles with the correct application of forces and friction. Key calculations yield an angular speed of approximately 5.70752 rad/s for the bar after collision.

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1. A thin, uniform, metal bar, 2.5 m long and weighing 90 N, is hanging vertically from the ceiling by a frictionless pivot. Suddenly it is struck 1.3 m below the ceiling by a small 4-kg ball, initially traveling horizontally at 14 m/s. The ball rebounds in the opposite direction with a speed of 7 m/s.

Part A. Find the angular speed of the bar just after the collision.

I tried to solve using conservation of angular momentum (it must be a calculation error but I keep getting the same answer):
m1v_0d = -m1vd +(1/3)m2L^2(omega)
(4.0kg)(14m/s)(1.3m) = -(3kg)(7m/s)(1.3m)+(1/3)(90N/9.82m/s)(2.5m)^2(omega)
72.8 = 57.398 + (-27.3)
1001.1 = 57.398
1.7439rad/s = \omega 2. A Ball Rolling Uphill. A bowling ball rolls without slipping up a ramp that slopes upward at an angle beta to the horizontal. Treat the ball as a uniform, solid sphere, ignoring the finger holes.
Part A. What is the acceleration of the center of mass of the ball?

I tried drawing it out, f = mew N, N = wsin(beta)
- (WsinF+ muWcos(beta) = macm
I entered acm = -g(sinF+mucos (beta)
It was incorrect, so I thought I over-did it, and tried just -g(sin(beta)), but that was also incorrect, I'm not sure where to go from here. Part B. What minimum coefficient of static friction is needed to prevent slipping?
I tried mu = tan (beta)
 
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You have

|r X P| = r*m*vi = r*m*(-vf) + I*ω

So r*m*(vi + vf) = 1.3*4*(14 + 7) = 1.3*4*21 = 109.2 = 1/3*90/9.8*L2

So then ...

ω = 109.2*9.8*3/(90*2.5*2.5) = ... ?
 
thanks!- I've got a calculator now (much easier! Mine stopped working last week so I've been borrowing from a friend), 5.70752.

Any tips on the next question?
 
cpat said:
thanks!- I've got a calculator now (much easier! Mine stopped working last week so I've been borrowing from a friend), 5.70752.

Any tips on the next question?

For 2) consider the torque about the center of the solid sphere. That might yield "a" angular acceleration which you can then relate to linear acceleration along the incline.
 

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