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How much work is done to increase the angular velocity of a wheel from rest to a final value of 20 radians per second.The wheel has a moment of inertia of 0.30 kg m2 .What torque is required to reach this angular velocity in a time of 5.0 s?
 

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clicker, may I ask, what state are you from exactly?

None of your questions are HSC Physics questions.
 

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I suspect Victoria. But let him post, they're interesting and HSC physics students could use this type of thinking.
 

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His IP address indicates it is sydney based.

I'm guessing he is a university student. It seems familiar to what we are doing at this point in time.
 

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i am originally from victoria but im staying for a while in sydney currently in yr 12 and im doin distant education
 

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clicker said:
How much work is done to increase the angular velocity of a wheel from rest to a final value of 20 radians per second.The wheel has a moment of inertia of 0.30 kg m2 .What torque is required to reach this angular velocity in a time of 5.0 s?
This is all vector stuff. I'm guessing you'd need to merge a few equations.

Someone tell us all of the equations, such as Angluar work, angular velocity and torque.
 

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angular velocity = tangential speed/ radius

moment of inertia = mass * (radius)squared

work = force * distance
 

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Your formula for moment of inertia is wrong.

It's typically of the form

I=kMR<sup>2</sup>
nor just MR<sup>2</sup>

&tau;=I&alpha;

So &alpha;=(&omega;<sub>f</sub>-&omega;<sub>i</sub>)t
=20/5
=4 rad/s<sup>2</sup>

&tau;=0.3*4
=1.2 Nm
 
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