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darrenst
Jun 10, 2014, 12:12 PM
a uniform rod of length 1.39 m is attached to a frictionless pivot at one end. It is released form an angle of 0=17 deg above the horizontal.

find the magnitude of the initial acceleration of the rods center o mass

ebaines
Jun 10, 2014, 12:16 PM
Use: \tau=I\alpha. What do you get?