Question

A 2.5 kg bucket is attached to the end of a rope. The rope wraps around a cylinder of mass 5 kg and radius 0.6 m. The cylinder rotates on an axle through its center. The bucket is released from rest to fall downward. What is the acceleration of the bucket in unit of m/s2 ? The moment of inertia of a cylinder with mass M and radius R is (½)MR2 .

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