Answer:
The net torque is 0.0372 N m.
Explanation:
A rotational body with constant angular acceleration satisfies the kinematic equation:
(1)
with ω the final angular velocity, ωo the initial angular velocity, α the constant angular acceleration and Δθ the angular displacement (the revolutions the sphere does). To find the angular acceleration we solve (1) for α:
Because the sphere stops the final angular velocity is zero, it's important all quantities in the SI so 2.40 rev/s = 15.1 rad/s and 18.2 rev = 114.3 rad, then:
The negative sign indicates the sphere is slowing down as we expected.
Now with the angular acceleration we can use Newton's second law:
(2)
with ∑τ the net torque and I the moment of inertia of the sphere, for a sphere that rotates about an axle through its center its moment of inertia is:
With M the mass of the sphere an R its radius, then:
Then (2) is:
