JEE Main 202628 JanuaryEvening Shift
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2026
- Date
- 28 January
- Shift
- Evening Shift
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Rotational Motion
JEE Main 2026 · 28 January · Evening Shift · Physics · Rotational Motion
A fly wheel having mass 3 kg and radius 5 m is free to rotate about...
A fly wheel having mass 3 kg and radius 5 m is free to rotate about a horizontal axis. A string having negligible mass is wound around the wheel and the loose end of the string is connected to 3 kg mass. The mass is kept at rest initially and released. Kinetic energy of the wheel when the mass descends by 3 m is $\mathrm{J}.\left(\mathrm{g}=10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}\right)
Correct answer
30
Step-by-step solution
Let the mass of the flywheel be kg and its radius be m.
Let the hanging mass be kg and the distance descended be m.
The flywheel is a disk, so its moment of inertia is .
By conservation of energy, the loss in potential energy of the hanging mass equals the gain in kinetic energy of the system.
Since the string does not slip, , so .
Substituting the values:
m/s.
The kinetic energy of the wheel is .
J.
Let the hanging mass be kg and the distance descended be m.
The flywheel is a disk, so its moment of inertia is .
By conservation of energy, the loss in potential energy of the hanging mass equals the gain in kinetic energy of the system.
Since the string does not slip, , so .
Substituting the values:
m/s.
The kinetic energy of the wheel is .
J.