CAIE FP2 2010 June — Question 11 EITHER

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2010
SessionJune
TopicMoments

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A uniform disc, of mass \(4 m\) and radius \(a\), and a uniform ring, of mass \(m\) and radius \(2 a\), each have centre \(O\). A wheel is made by fixing three uniform rods, \(O A , O B\) and \(O C\), each of mass \(m\) and length \(2 a\), to the disc and the ring, as shown in the diagram. Show that the moment of inertia of the wheel about an axis through \(A\), perpendicular to the plane of the wheel, is \(42 m a ^ { 2 }\). The axis through \(A\) is horizontal, and the wheel can rotate freely about this axis. The wheel is released from rest with \(O\) above the level of \(A\) and \(A O\) making an angle of \(30 ^ { \circ }\) with the horizontal. Find the angular speed of the wheel when \(A O\) is horizontal. When \(A O\) is horizontal the disc becomes detached from the wheel. Find the angle that \(A O\) makes with the horizontal when the wheel first comes to instantaneous rest.