There is a plank hinged about a point O. At the free end of the plank a small impulse is given. Will the plank perform pure rotation or both rotation and translation?
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5$\begingroup$ how can it translate if it is hinged? Isn't the hinge fixed to a wall or something? Are you talking about the center of mass? How do you push it, sideways, at an angle? Is the hinge in a plane? This question is vague. Generally a free plank will both translate or rotate when pushed, but a hinged plack will only rotate around the hinge. Whether you consider that translation depends on whether you are considering the center of mass motion or the hinge point motion. $\endgroup$– Ron MaimonAug 1, 2012 at 8:42
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Both Rotation and Translation. It will execute neither pure rotation nor pure translation
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$\begingroup$ While this is formally correct it comes without explanation of how it was arrived at at does not improve on Ron's comment. $\endgroup$ Aug 17, 2012 at 14:07