Q. A rope of negligible mass is wound round a hollow cylinder of mass and radius . If the rope is pulled with a force of , then the angular acceleration (in rad/s) produced in the cylinder is

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Solution:

Here,

Force applied,
Torque,
Moment of inertia of hollow cylinder about its axis is

Let a is the angular acceleration produced.
As