A massive pulley (M=2.8 kg, r=0.22) rotates about a frictionless axle. A string is wrapped around the pulley and attached to a mass (m=2.7 kg). If the mass is released from rest, what is the angular acceleration of the pulley? Show your work starting from first principles, e.g. Newton's 2nd law, Work-Energy theorem, etc...

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A massive pulley (M=2.8 kg, r=0.22) rotates about a frictionless axle.  A string is wrapped around the pulley and attached to a mass (m=2.7 kg).  If the mass is released from rest, what is the angular acceleration of the pulley?  Show your work starting from first principles, e.g. Newton's 2nd law, Work-Energy theorem, etc...

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