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The figure shows a gyro mounted with a vertical axis and used to stabilize a hospital sh...

The figure shows a gyro mounted with a vertical axis and used to stabilize a hospital ship against rolling. The motor A turns the pinion which precesses the gyro by rotating the large precession gear B and attached rotor assembly about a horizontal transverse axis in the ship. The rotor turns inside the housing at a clockwise speed of 960 rev/min as viewed from the top and has a mass of 80 Mg with radius of gyration of 1.45 m. Calculate the moment exerted on the hull structure by the gyro if the motor turns the precession gear B at the rate of 0.320 rad/s. In which of the two directions, (a) or (b), should the motor turn in order to counteract a roll of the ship to port?

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