A 7.1 kg, 5.0 m board is balanced about a point 2.0 m from right end of the board. A cube is sitting centered 0.5 m from the right end. A 3.5 kg cylinder is dropped from a height of 2.0 m onto the left end of the board and sticks to it. The dropped cylinder is going 6.26 m/s just before it hits the very left end of the board. (Assume the cube and cylinder are point masses.)
a) What is the mass of the cube sitting 0.5 m from the right end?
b) What is the cylinder’s angular momentum about the board/cube's pivot point just before
hitting the board?
c) What is the total angular momentum of all of the masses just after the collision?
d) What is the total moment of inertia of the board and two masses just after collision?
e) What is the board's angular velocity just after collision?
f) How fast is the cube (originally 0.5 m from the right end) going just after the collision?
This is due tomorrow night, so take your time, but please make sure that it is done well, I want to understand how you got your answers.
