College Physics with MasteringPhysics 7th Edition by Jerry Wilson,Anthony Buffa,Bo Lou

Exercise 110

While repairing Ms bicycle, a student turns it upside down and sets the front wheel spinning at 2.00 rev/s. Assume the wheel has a mass of 3.25 kg and all of the mass is located on the rim, which has a radius of 41.0 cm. To slow the wheel, he places his hand on the tire, thereby exerting a tangential force of friction on the wheel. It takes 3.50s to come to rest. Use the change in angular momentum to determine the force he exerts on the wheel. Assume the frictional force of the axle is negligible.