QCA bicycle is turned upside down while its Owner repairs a flat tire. A friend spins the other wheel and observes that drops of water fly off tan- gentially. She measures the heights reached by drops moving vertically (Fig. P7.8). A drop that breaks loose from the A Figure P7.8 Problems 8 and 69. tire on one turn rises vertically 54.0 cm above the tangent point. A drop that breaks loose on the next turn rises 51.0 cm above the tan- gent point. The radius of the wheel is 0.381 m. (a) Why does the first drop rise higher than the second drop? (b) Neglecting air friction and using only the observed heights and the radius of the wheel, find the wheel's angular acceleration (assuming it to be constant).

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QC A bicycle is turned
upside down while its
owner repairs a flat tire.
A friend spins the other
A
wheel and observes that
drops of water fly off tan-
gentially. She measures
the heights reached by
drops moving vertically
(Fig. P7.8). A drop that
breaks loose from the
Figure P7.8 Problems 8 and 69.
tire on one turn rises
vertically 54.0 cm above the tangent point. A drop that
breaks loose on the next turn rises 51.0 cm above the tan-
gent point. The radius of the wheel is 0.381 m. (a) Why
does the first drop rise higher than the second drop?
(b) Neglecting air friction and using only the observed
heights and the radius of the wheel, find the wheel's
angular acceleration (assuming it to be constant).
Transcribed Image Text:QC A bicycle is turned upside down while its owner repairs a flat tire. A friend spins the other A wheel and observes that drops of water fly off tan- gentially. She measures the heights reached by drops moving vertically (Fig. P7.8). A drop that breaks loose from the Figure P7.8 Problems 8 and 69. tire on one turn rises vertically 54.0 cm above the tangent point. A drop that breaks loose on the next turn rises 51.0 cm above the tan- gent point. The radius of the wheel is 0.381 m. (a) Why does the first drop rise higher than the second drop? (b) Neglecting air friction and using only the observed heights and the radius of the wheel, find the wheel's angular acceleration (assuming it to be constant).
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