1.

A rotating gas cloud with initial moment of inertia I

o
and initial angular speed w collapses under the inuence of
internal forces until its moment of inertia is I
o
/3. What is its nal angular speed?2.n A uniform disk with mass M =
2.5 kg and radius R = 20 cm is mounted on a ed hori!ontal ale" as shown #elow. A #lock of mass m=$.2 kg
hangs from a massless cord that is wrapped around the rim of the disk. %ind the acceleration of the falling #lock" the
angular acceleration of the disk" and the tension in the cord. Note: the moment of inertia of a disk about its center
of mass is I =
$
MR
2
.
&
m
2. A 'spherical( star of radius R = 5 )$0
5
km has a rotational period of *0 da+s. ,ater in its life" its radius epands to
R = 5 ) $0
*
km" though its mass M remains constant. What is the new rotational period after epansion? -resume
the star.s moment of inertial is kMR
2
at all times.
3. A solid rock" suspended in air #+ a spring scale" has a measured mass of /.00 kg. When the rock is completel+
su#merged in water" the scale reads 3.30 kg. 0f the densit+ of water is $.00 ) $0
3
kg1m
3
" what is the densit+ of the
rock?
5. 2thanol of densit+ r =3/$ kg1m
3
ows smoothl+ through a hori!ontal pipe that tapers in cross4sectional area from A
$
=$.20 ) $0
53
m
2
to A
2
=A
$
/2. 6he pressure diference #etween the wide and narrow sections of pipe is 7$20 -a. What is the
8olume ow rate 'i.e." m
3
1s( R
V
of the ethanol?
6. A hollow spherical iron shell oats almost completel+ su#merged in water. 6he outer diameter is 0.*0 m" and the densit+ of
iron is 3930 kg1m
3
. 0f the densit+ of water is $000 kg1m
3
" nd the inner diameter of the sphere.
7. 6wo o#:ects" A and ;" are su#mersed in a li<uid of densit+ r
s
at depths of h
A
and h
B
" respecti8el+. 6he pressure a#o8e
the li<uid.s surface is P
0
. What is the diference in pressure eperienced #+ the two o#:ects?
8. =iscosit+ of most li<uids can #e represented #+ an etra >drag? force on a #od+ mo8ing in a li<uid" which is reasona#l+ well
approimated #+ F
drag
@ hv" where v is the 8elocit+ of the #od+ and h is a parameter of the uid 'in full form" F
drag
=
*phRv(. 6he presence of 8iscosit+ leads to a >terminal 8elocit+? of a #od+ falling in a li<uid 'e..! a person falling in air(.
9. 2stimate the pressure eerted on +our eardrum due to the water a#o8e when +ou are swimming at the #ottom of a pool
that is 5.0 m deep. 'Aote r
water
= $000 kg1m
3
(.
10. 6he densit+ of water is $000 kg1m
3
" while that of ice is /$*.3 kg1m
3
. 0f a #lock of ice is placed in water" what 8olume
fraction of the ice is #elow the surface?