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1. I'm doing a lab with a coffee can rolling down a ramp. I'm asked to 'determine average torque' acting on the can while its rolling down the ramp. Then I'm asked to compare this value with I*alpha (angular acceleration) (I'm guessing because torque = I*alpha). So I need to calculate torque two ways, but I have no idea how!?
I know the angle of incline, the mass of the coffee can, the radius of the coffee can, the distance it was displaced in meters and radians, the angular and translation velocities (and accelerations) and its moment of inertia. Any ideas!?
2. Homework Equations
3. The Attempt at a Solution
I said
Fnet = Torque - Ff
this is just so horribly wrong.
I know the angle of incline, the mass of the coffee can, the radius of the coffee can, the distance it was displaced in meters and radians, the angular and translation velocities (and accelerations) and its moment of inertia. Any ideas!?
2. Homework Equations
3. The Attempt at a Solution
I said
Fnet = Torque - Ff
this is just so horribly wrong.