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A kid of mass 50 kg stands at the edge of a platform of radius 1 m which can be freely rotated about its axis. The moment of inertia of the platform is 0.02 kg-m2. The system is at rest. The kid throws a ball of mass 2 kg horizontally to his friend (friend standing on the ground) in a direction tangential to the rim with a speed 10 m/s as seen by his friend. The angular velocity with which the platform will start rotating in rad/s is


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0.2 rad/s
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0.4 rad/s
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0.6 rad/s
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0.8 rad/s
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Solution

The correct option is B 0.4 rad/s
Given,
Moment of inertia of platform (disc) =I=0.02 kg-m2
Radius of platform R=1 m
Velocity of the ball v=10 m/s
Mass of ball m=2 kg
Mass of boy M=50 kg


As we see, there is no external torque on the system. So the angular momentum of the system about the any axis will remain constant or conserved.
Hence, Li=Lf
As we know, L=Iω
MOI of the system (platform + boy) after throwing the ball is =I+MR2
Hence, Li=Lf
0=mvR(I+MR2)ω
Because boy and platform will start moving in the opposite direction of the ball as shown in figure,
ω=mvRI+MR2=2×10×10.02+50×12
ω=0.4 rad/s

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