A solid disk with a radius of 3 m and mass of 7 kg is rotating on a frictionless surface. If 480 W of power is used to increase the disk's rate of rotation, what torque is applied when the disk is rotating at 5 Hz?

1 Answer
Jun 2, 2017

The torque is =15.28Nm

Explanation:

Mass of disc =7kg

Radius of disc =3m

The power is related to the torque by the equation

P=tau *omega

P=480W

Frequency of rotation is f=5Hz

omega=f*2pi

angular velocity, omega=5*2pi rads^-1

torque, tau=P/omega

=480/(10pi)=15.28Nm