and total charge (uniformly distributed) is placed on a horizontal -plane. The ball starts rolling without slipping under the influence of a uniform electrostatic field with Find the acceleration in meters per second squared of the center of mass of the ball.
A homogeneous ball with mass
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free-body diagram
The free-body diagram looks like the one above( sorry for the poor clarity of the same). From there we can write equations of motion as:
t r a n s l a t i o n :
m a = q E − f − − − ( i )
r o t a t i o n a b o u t c e n t e r o f m a s s :
f r = I α
→ f r = 5 2 m r 2 α
→ f r = 5 r 2 m r 2 a ( Since for pure rotation/no slipping a = α r )
→ f = 5 2 m a − − − − ( i i )
From ( i i ) and ( i ) we have,
5 7 m a = q E
→ a = 7 m 5 q E
Plugging in the values in S.I. we have a = 7 5 .