A long thin uniform rod of length 1.50 m is to be suspended from a frictionless pivot located at some point along the rod so that its pendulum motion takes 3.00 s. How far from the center of the rod should the pivot be located?

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Answer:

0.087 m

Explanation:

Length of the rod, L = 1.5 m

Let the mass of the rod is m and d is the distance between the pivot point and the centre of mass.

time period, T = 3  s

the formula for the time period of the pendulum is given by

[tex]T = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{I}{mgd}}[/tex]    .... (1)

where, I is the moment of inertia of the rod about the pivot point and g is the acceleration due to gravity.

Moment of inertia of the rod about the centre of mass, Ic = mL²/12

By using the parallel axis theorem, the moment of inertia of the rod about the pivot is

I = Ic + md²

[tex]I = \frac{mL^{2}}{12}+ md^{2}[/tex]

Substituting the values in equation (1)

[tex]3 = 2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{\frac{mL^{2}}{12}+ md^{2}}{mgd}}[/tex]

[tex]9=4\pi^{2}\times \left ( \frac{\frac{L^{2}}{12}+d^{2}}{gd} \right )[/tex]

12d² -26.84 d + 2.25 =  0

[tex]d=\frac{26.84\pm \sqrt{26.84^{2}-4\times 12\times 2.25}}{24}[/tex]

[tex]d=\frac{26.84\pm 24.75}{24}[/tex]

d = 2.15 m , 0.087 m

d cannot be more than L/2, so the value of d is 0.087 m.

Thus, the distance between the pivot and the centre of mass of the rod is 0.087 m.

The pivot should be located at a distance of 0.736 meters from the center of the uniform rod.

Let suppose that the rod is a simple pendulum, whose period ([tex]T[/tex]), in seconds, is described by the following formula:

[tex]T = 2\pi\cdot \sqrt{\frac{l}{g} }[/tex] (1)

Where:

  • [tex]l[/tex] - Pendulum length, in meters.
  • [tex]g[/tex] - Gravitational acceleration, in meters per square second.

If we know that [tex]T = 3\,s[/tex] and [tex]g = 9.807\,\frac{m}{s^{2}}[/tex], then the pendulum length is:

[tex]\frac{T^{2}}{4\pi^{2}} = \frac{l}{g}[/tex]

[tex]l = \frac{T^{2}\cdot g}{4\pi^{2}}[/tex]

[tex]l = \frac{(3\,s)^{2}\cdot \left(9.807\,\frac{m}{s^{2}} \right)}{4\pi^{2}}[/tex]

[tex]l \approx 2.236\,m[/tex]

And the distance between the center of the uniform rod and the pivot is found by the following subtraction:

[tex]d = 2.236\,m - 1.50\,m[/tex]

[tex]d = 0.736\,m[/tex]

The pivot should be located at a distance of 0.736 meters from the center of the uniform rod.

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