I would like some guidance on how to approach this answer.   What effect does the diameter of the string have on the lever arm? Explain why we can ignore this effect. Experiment background: xperiment background: For our dynamic measurement of the moment of inertia, we will use a vertically-mounted turntable that has a hub attached at its center, which has three grooves of different radius, around which one can wind a string. A mass hanging from the free end of the string provides tension, which exerts a torque on the turntable, thus causing it to rotate. By measuring the time it takes the mass to fall from its initial height to the table top (or some reference line just above it), we can find aa, its (linear) acceleration. From this we can calculate αα, the angular

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What effect does the diameter of the string have on the lever arm? Explain why we can ignore this effect.

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For our dynamic measurement of the moment of inertia, we will use a vertically-mounted turntable that has a hub attached at its center, which has three grooves of different radius, around which one can wind a string. A mass hanging from the free end of the string provides tension, which exerts a torque on the turntable, thus causing it to rotate. By measuring the time it takes the mass to fall from its initial height to the table top (or some reference line just above it), we can find aa, its (linear) acceleration. From this we can calculate αα, the angular acceleration of the turntable. From the weight of the mass, and its linear acceleration, we can find T, the tension in the string. Once we know all these things, we can calculate the torque, ττ, and from τ=Iατ=Iα find I, the moment of inertia of our turntable platter.

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