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nforhan
Nov 15, 2011, 10:52 AM
What does the slope represent of this graph?

ebaines
Nov 15, 2011, 11:16 AM
There is a basic formula that relates torque to angular acceleration:


\Sigma \tau = I \alpha


where \tau = torque, I = moment of inertia, and \alpha = angular acceleration. This formula is the rotational analog of Newton's second law. From this can you tell us what the slope of the graph \tau as a function of \alpha would be?