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A flywheel of moment of inertia 0.4Kg/m2 and radius 0.2m is free to rotate about a central axis. If a string is wrapped around it and it is pulled with a force of 10N then its angular velocity after 4s will be

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5rad/s
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20rad/s
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10rad/s
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0.8rad/s
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Solution

The correct option is C 20rad/s
The string provides a torque on the flywheel. We have torque as τ=Iα.
Thus
Fr=Iα
or
10×0.2=0.4×α
or
α=5rad/s2
Thus after 4 seconds we have the angular velocity as
ω=0+5×4
=20rad/s

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