1. Choose a coordinate system useful to describe the motion of the spool. Select a point on the outside edge of the spool. Write equations giving the perpendicular components of the point's position vector as a function of the distance from the axis of rotation and the angle the vector makes with one axis of your coordinate system. Assume the angular acceleration is constant and that the disk starts from rest. Determine how the angle between the position vector and the coordinate axis depends on time and the angular acceleration of the spool. Sketch three graphs, (one for each of these equations) as a function of time.

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To describe the motion of the spool we can use a polar coordinate system with the origin at the cent... View the full answer