3 A metre stick is pivoted about its centre A piece of wax

Last updated: 5/29/2023

3 A metre stick is pivoted about its centre A piece of wax of mass 20 g travelling horizontally and perpendicular to it at 5 m s strikes and adheres to one end of the stick so that the stick starts to rotate in a horizontal circle Given the moment of inertia of the stick and wax about the pivot is 0 02 kg m the initial angular velocity of the stick is 1 1 58 rad s 2 2 24 rad s 3 2 50 rad s 4 5 00 rad s