Your computer hard drive rotates at a rate of 10,000rpm. If I turn off the computer and it takes 17s for it to come to a complete stop, what is the angular acceleration of this motion? Please show your work

Respuesta :

Initial angular frequency is given as

[tex]f = 10,000 rpm[/tex]

now convert it into rounds per seconds

[tex]f = 10000\times \frac{1}{60} = 166.67 Hz[/tex]

now initial angular speed is given as

[tex]\omega = 2 \pi f[/tex]

[tex]\omega = 2\pi (166.67)[/tex]

[tex]\omega = 1047.2 rad/s[/tex]

now finally it comes to rest in t = 17 s

now we can use kinematics equation to find the angular acceleration

[tex]\omega_f - \omega_i = \alpha t[/tex]

[tex]0 - 1047.2 = \alpha (17)[/tex]

[tex]\alpha = - 61.6 rad/s^2[/tex]

so angular acceleration will be 61.6 rad/s^2