Thread: [SOLVED] Linear and Angular Velocity. Very Urgent! Help
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Originally Posted by jcrodua View Post
The wheel of the truck is turning at 4.5 rpm. The wheel is 0.8 m in diameter.

a. Find the angular velocity of the wheel in rad per sec.
b. Find the linear velocity in ft. per sec. of a point on the rim of a wheel.
Have you been taught the basic definitions?

Read this: Angular and Linear Velocity

a. (2 \pi) (4.5) radians in 1 minute therefore \frac{(2 \pi) (4.5)}{60} radians in 1 second ......

b. v = \omega \, r = \left( \frac{(2 \pi) (4.5)}{60}\right) \, (0.8) m/s.
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