An object of mass and radius rolls without slipping such that of its total kinetic…

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Engineering physics · Engineering physics

Problem

An object of mass

M

and radius

R

rolls without slipping such that

60\%

of its total kinetic energy is rotational. Assuming its moment of inertia can be written as

I = kMR^{2}

, calculate the value of the dimensionless constant

k