A thin uniform rod (length = 1.2 m, mass = 2.0 kg) is pivoted about a horizontal, frictionless pin through one end of the rod. (The rotational inertia of the rod about this axis is ML2/3.) The rod is released when it makes an angle of 37° with the horizontal. What is the angular acceleration of the rod at the instant it is released?

a. 9.8 rad/s2
b. 7.4 rad/s2
c. 8.4 rad/s2
d. 5.9 rad/s2
e. 6.5 rad/s2


a

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