College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 8 - Problems - Page 311: 11

Answer

The energy that must be supplied to the centrifuge is $573~J$

Work Step by Step

We can find the rotational kinetic energy of the centrifuge: $KE_{rot} = \frac{1}{2}I~\omega^2$ $KE_{rot} = \frac{1}{2}(6.5\times 10^{-3}~kg~m^2)~(420~rad/s)^2$ $KE_{rot} = 573~J$ Since the change in rotational kinetic energy is $573~J$, the energy that must be supplied to the centrifuge is $573~J$.
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