A wheel is subjected to uniform angular acceleration about its axis. Initially its angular velocity is zero. In the first 2sec , it rotates through an angle θ1 . In the next 2sec , it rotates through an additional angle θ2 .The ratio of θ1/θ2 is
Correct Answer :
1/3
Solution :
The correct option is 3 (which corresponds to the ratio ).
Let us solve the problem step-by-step:
We are given that a wheel starts from rest and is subjected to a uniform angular acceleration, which we can denote as .
Since the wheel starts from rest, its initial angular velocity is .
Using the equation of rotational motion for the angular displacement:
For the first time interval of , the angular displacement is :
For the total time of the first (), the total angular displacement is:
The additional angle rotated in the next is , which is the difference between the total displacement after and the displacement after the first :
Now, we calculate the ratio of to :
Thus, the ratio of the angles is 1:3, which corresponds to option 3.
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