Appreciate if someone can advise on how to calculate the following:

A hoist lifts a 3.5kg load from rest, and has a final velocity of 2 m/s after 4 seconds. The motor can develop a torque of 4 Nm. Determine:
i) The linear acceleration of the mass.
ii) The angular acceleration of the mass.

I have calculated the linear acceleration to be 0.5 m/s^-2, how can I calculate the angular acceleration from this.

TIA

Your answer for the linear acceleration is correct. The question should have asked what is the angular acceleration of the MOTOR. The mass that is being lifted is not roatating. What rotates is the cylindrical drum of the hoisting pulley.
The work done in 4 seconds, ignoring the moment of inertia of the hoist and friction, is (1/2)(3.5)^2^2 = 7 J

You could assume a radius for that drum, but it will cancel out in the end. Here is another way to use the torque:

(Torque) x (angle of rotation of the hoist pulley wheel) = Work done
Angle of rotation = 7/3.5 = 2 radians

2 = (1/2)*(angular acceleration)* t^2
Angular acceleration = 1.0 rad/s^2

Actually, the angular acceleration I computed is for the motor shaft where the torque is specified. To compute the angular acceleration anywhere else will require gear transmission ratios. If you were provided with a diagram, one could figure out angular acceleration from the radius of the pulley hoist and the linear acceleration

Thanks for that, but by transposing, shouldn't it be 2 = 0.5 * a * t^2
a = 2/8
a = 0.25 r/s^2

That's what I'm after, the motor shaft angular acceleration. Can you recheck please, as you got 1 rad/s^2, but my calcs give
2 = 0.5 * a * t^2
2 = 0.5 * 4^2 * a
a = 2/8
a = 0.25 r/s^2

Apologies for the confusion earlier. You are correct in your calculation.

To calculate the angular acceleration of the motor shaft, we can use the equation:

Angular acceleration = (2 * θ) / (t^2),

where θ is the angle of rotation of the hoist pulley wheel (which we previously determined to be 2 radians) and t is the time taken (which is 4 seconds).

Plugging in the values, we get:

Angular acceleration = (2 * 2) / (4^2) = 4 / 16 = 0.25 rad/s^2.

Therefore, the angular acceleration of the motor shaft is indeed 0.25 rad/s^2.