A Potter's Wheel Has the Shape of a Solid Uniform $2.5 \mathrm {~kg} \cdot \mathrm { m } ^ { 2 }$

question 133

Multiple Choice

A potter's wheel has the shape of a solid uniform disk of mass 7.0 kg and radius 0.65 m. It spins about an axis perpendicular to the disk at its center. A small 2.1 kg lump of very dense clay is
Dropped onto the wheel at a distance 0.41 m from the axis. What is the moment of inertia of the
System about the axis of spin?

• A) \(2.5 \mathrm {~kg} \cdot \mathrm { m } ^ { 2 }\)
• B) \(1.5 \mathrm {~kg} \cdot \mathrm { m } ^ { 2 }\)
• C) \(1.8 \mathrm {~kg} \cdot \mathrm { m } ^ { 2 }\)
• D) \(0.40 \mathrm {~kg} \cdot \mathrm { m } ^ { 2 }\)

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