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Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration

Two identical particles each of mass 'mm' are separated by a distance 'dd'. The axis of rotation passes through the midpoint of 'dd' and is perpendicular to the length dd. If 'KK' is the average rotational kinetic energy of the system, then the angular frequency is

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Answer: (c)

  1. Each particle is at d2\frac{d}{2} from the axis: I=2m(d2)2=md22I = 2m\left(\frac{d}{2}\right)^2 = \frac{md^2}{2}.
  2. K=12Iω2=md2ω24K = \frac{1}{2}I\omega^2 = \frac{md^2\omega^2}{4}
  3. ω2=4Kmd2⇒ω=2dKm\omega^2 = \frac{4K}{md^2} \Rightarrow \omega = \frac{2}{d}\sqrt{\frac{K}{m}}
  4. So the answer is (c) 2dKm\frac{2}{d}\sqrt{\frac{K}{m}}.
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