Question

A simple gyroscope consists of a wheel (M= 2.0 kg, R= 0.75 m, I= 1.1 kgm2) rotating on a horizontal shaft. If the shaft is balanced on a pivot 0.50 m from the wheel, and the wheel rotates at 500 rev/min, what is the precession frequency of the wheel?
A) 1.8 x 10-2rad/s
B) 2.7 x 10-2rad/s
C) 0.17 rad/s
D) 0.26 rad/s
E) 0.50 rad/s

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