A Potter's Wheel Has the Shape of a Solid Uniform

question 31

Multiple Choice

A potter's wheel has the shape of a solid uniform disk of mass
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)1.8 kg ∙ m²
• B)1.5 kg ∙ m²
• C)0.40 kg ∙ m²
• D)2.5 kg ∙ m²

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