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17–89.
SOLUTION
Mass of wheel when 75% of the powder is burned = 0.025 kg
Mass of disk per unit area is
At any time t,
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The “Catherine wheel” is a firework that consists of a coiled
tube of powder which is pinned at its center. If the powder
burns at a constant rate of 20 g>s such as that the exhaust
gases always exert a force having a constant magnitude of
0.3 N, directed tangent to the wheel, determine the angular
velocity of the wheel when 75% of the mass is burned off.
Initially, the wheel is at rest and has a mass of 100 g and a
radius of r = 75 mm. For the calculation, consider the wheel
to always be a thin disk.
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