A girl of mass M stands on the rim of a frictionless merry-go-round of radius R and rotational inertia I, that is not moving. She throws a rock of mass m horizontally in a direction that is tangent to the outer edge of the merry-go-round. The speed of the rock, relative to the ground is v. Afterwards, the linear speed of the girl is
A block of mass $$\mathrm{l} \mathrm{kg}$$ is fastened to a spring of spring constant of $$100 ~\mathrm{Nm}^{-1}$$. The block is pulled to a distance $$x=10 \mathrm{~cm}$$ from its equilibrium position $$(x=0 \mathrm{~cm})$$ on a frictionless surface, from rest at $$t=0$$. The kinetic energy and the potential energy of the block when it is $$5 \mathrm{~cm}$$ away from the mean position is
The scale of a spring balance which can measure from 0 to $$15 \mathrm{~kg}$$ is $$0.25 \mathrm{~m}$$ long. If a body suspended from this balance oscillates with a time period $$\frac{2 \pi}{5} \mathrm{~s}$$, neglecting the mass of the spring, find the mass of the body suspended.
The distance through which one has to dig the Earth from its surface, so as to reach the point where the acceleration due to gravity is reduced by 40% of that at the surface of the Earth, is (radius of Earth is 6400 km)