An ancient Chinese clock mechanism consisted of a weight hanging from a rope wound around a cylinder.
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An ancient Chinese clock mechanism consisted of a weight hanging from a rope wound around a cylinder. The rope would slowly unwind, driving the hands of the clock.
A student tries to recreate the mechanism using a cylinder of mass kg and radius cm and a hanging weight of mass g
i The moment of inertia of a cylinder of mass M and radius R is I MR
Show that the acceleration of the hanging weight is ms
ii How long does it take the weight to fall through a distance of m
iii How many rotations does the cylinder make in this time?
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