Consider a basketball player spinning a ball on the tip of a finger. If a player performs 2.01J of work to set the ball spinning from rest, at what angular speed ω will the ball rotate? Model a basketball as a thin-walled hollow sphere. For a men's basketball, the ball has a circumference of 0.749 m and a mass of 0.624 kg.

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Answer:

The angular speed of ball is 25.9 rad/s .

Explanation:

Given :

Work done by the player , W = 2.01 J .

Mass of hollow spherical ball , m = 0.624 kg .

Circumference of hollow spherical ball , C = 0.749 m .

Therefore , its radius is ,

[tex]r=\dfrac{C}{2\pi}\\\\r=\dfrac{0.749 }{2\pi}\\\\r=0.12\ m[/tex]

Now , this work done must be equal to the rotational energy of the ball .

We know ,

[tex]U=\dfrac{I \omega^2}{2}[/tex]

Therefore ,

[tex]\omega=\sqrt{\dfrac{2U}{ I }}\\\\\omega=\sqrt{\dfrac{2U}{ \dfrac{2MR^2 }{3} }}\\\\\omega=\sqrt{\dfrac{3U}{ MR^2}}\\\\\omega=\sqrt{\dfrac{3\times 2.01}{0.624 \times 0.12^2}}\\\\\omega=25.9\ rad/s[/tex]

Hence , this is the required solution .