Question: A ceiling fan is designed such that there are two 1 kg blades of length 1 . 0 m attached to a thin massless hoop

A ceiling fan is designed such that there are two 1 kg blades of length 1.0 m attached to a thin massless hoop of radius 0.25 m .
A) What is the moment of inertia of the system. (Model the blades as thin rods)
B) It takes 2.0 s for the fan to reach a rotational speed of 20rads. What is the torque on the fan provided by the motor?

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