Q. A thin uniform heavy rod of length $l$ hangs from a horizontal axis passing through one end. The initial angular velocity $\omega$ that must be imparted to it to rotate it through $90^{\circ}$ is :Physics Question Image

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Solution:

By conservation of energy we use
$\frac{1}{2} I \omega^{2}=m g \frac{l}{2}$
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$\frac{m l^{2}}{3} \omega^{2}=m g l$
$\Rightarrow \omega^{2}=\frac{3 g}{l}$
$\Rightarrow \omega=\sqrt{\frac{3 g}{l}}$