A circular platform is free to rotate in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis passing through its centre. A tortoise is sitting at the edge of the platform. Now the platform is given an angular velocity . When the tortoise moves along a chord of the platform with a constant velocity (w.r.t. the platform), the angular velocity of the platform will vary with the time as a)b)c)d) |
A circular platform is free to rotate in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis passing through its centre. A tortoise is sitting at the edge of the platform. Now the platform is given an angular velocity . When the tortoise moves along a chord of the platform with a constant velocity (w.r.t. the platform), the angular velocity of the platform will vary with the time as a)b)c)d) |
(c)
As there is no external torque, angular momentum will remain constant. When the tortoise moves from to , figure, moment of inertia of the platform and tortoise decreases. Therefore, angular velocity of the system increases. When the tortoise moves from to , moment of inertia increases. Therefore, angular velocity decreases
If, =mass of platform
radius of platform
mass of tortoise moving along the chord
perpendicular distance of from
Initial angular momentum,
At any time , let the tortoise reach moving with velocity
As
Angular momentum at time
As angular momentum is conserved
This shows that variation of with time is nonlinear. Choice (c) is correct