A planetary gear system is shown, where the gear teeth are omitted from the figure. Each of the three identical planet gears A, B, and C has a mass of 0.8 kg, a radius r = 50 mm, and a radius of gyration of 30 mm about its center. The spider E has a mass of 1.2 kg and a radius of gyration about O of 60 mm. The ring gear D has a radius R = 150 mm and is fixed. If a torque M = 5 N∙m is applied to the shaft of the spider at O, determine the initial angular acceleration a of the spider.

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D A , E -R C M B