Physics · Rotational Dynamics

JEE Main 2025 — 28 January, Morning Shift — Question 68

The moment of inertia of a solid disc rotating along its diameter is 2.5 times higher than the moment of inertia of a ring rotating in similar way. The moment of inertia of a solid sphere which has same radius as the disc and rotating in similar way, is nn times higher than the moment of inertia of the given ring. Here, n=n= \qquad -

Consider all the bodies have equal masses

Answer: 4

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

I1=MR124,I2=MR222,I3=2MR125\mathrm{I}_{1}=\frac{\mathrm{MR}_{1}^{2}}{4}, \mathrm{I}_{2}=\frac{\mathrm{MR}_{2}^{2}}{2}, \mathrm{I}_{3}=\frac{2 \mathrm{MR}_{1}^{2}}{5}

According to problem

I1I2=2.5⇒MR124MR222=52⇒R12R22=5\frac{\mathrm{I}_{1}}{\mathrm{I}_{2}}=2.5 \Rightarrow \frac{\frac{\mathrm{MR}_{1}^{2}}{4}}{\frac{\mathrm{MR}_{2}^{2}}{2}}=\frac{5}{2} \Rightarrow \frac{\mathrm{R}_{1}^{2}}{\mathrm{R}_{2}^{2}}=5

Now we are provided with information that

I3I2=n\frac{\mathrm{I}_{3}}{\mathrm{I}_{2}}=\mathrm{n}

⇒2MR125MR222=n⇒4R125R22=n\Rightarrow \frac{\frac{2 \mathrm{MR}_{1}^{2}}{5}}{\frac{\mathrm{MR}_{2}^{2}}{2}}=\mathrm{n} \Rightarrow \frac{4 \mathrm{R}_{1}^{2}}{5 \mathrm{R}_{2}^{2}}=\mathrm{n}

From Eq', (1) and (2)

⇒n=4\Rightarrow \mathrm{n}=4 MAGES

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Exam
JEE Main 2025
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Rotational Dynamics
Topic
Moment of Inertia