AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2003

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    A solid cylinder of radius r rolls down on an inclined plane without slipping. The speed of the centre of mass when it reaches the bottom, is  

    A)  \[\sqrt{3gh}\]                  

    B)  \[\sqrt{4g}\]

    C) \[\sqrt{\frac{3gh}{4}}\]                

    D)  \[\sqrt{\frac{4gh}{3}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     From law of conservation of energy Translational kinetic energy + rotational                          kinetic energy = potential energy of fall \[\therefore \]  \[\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}+\frac{1}{2}I{{\omega }^{2}}=mgh\]          ... (i) where \[I\] is moment of inertia, co the angular velocity and v the linear velocity. For a solid cylinder \[I=\frac{1}{2}m{{r}^{2}}\]     ... (ii) and        \[\omega =\frac{v}{r}\]                                 ... (iii) From Eqs. (i), (ii) and (iii), we get \[\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}+\frac{1}{4}m{{r}^{2}}\times \frac{{{v}^{2}}}{{{r}^{2}}}=mgh\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[v=\sqrt{\frac{4gh}{3}}\]


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