78.4k views
4 votes
A top of rotational inertia 4.0 kg m2 receives a torque of 2.4 nm from a physics professor. the angular acceleration of the body will be

User Suncoolsu
by
8.9k points

1 Answer

6 votes

Angular acceleration is simply the ratio of the Torque over the rotation inertia, that is:

Angular acceleration = Torque / Rotational inertia

So substituting the values:

Angular acceleration = 2.4 N m / 4.0 kg m2

Angular acceleration = 0.7 rad/s^2

User Oria
by
8.5k points