A smooth slot lies along a diameter of a horizontal disc of radius R rotating counter-clockwise with constant angular speed ω. A small block of mass m is gently placed at r=R/2 in the slot at t=0 and is constrained to move only along the slot.

Physics · Circular Motion · centripital force and centrifugal force

JEE Advanced 2016

A smooth slot lies along a diameter of a horizontal disc of radius R rotating counter-clockwise with constant angular speed ω. A small block of mass m is gently placed at r=R/2 in the slot at t=0 and is constrained to move only along the slot.

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Sub-question 1

A smooth radial slot lies along a diameter of a disc of radius R rotating counter-clockwise with constant angular speed ω. A small block is gently placed at r=R/2 in the slot at t=0 and is constrained to move along the slot. Its distance r from the centre at time t is:

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Sub-question 2

For the same rotating-disc slot system, the net reaction of the disc on the block is:

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