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Grade 11General Physics

A wheel of diameter 1 m makes 60 rev/min.what is linear speed of point on its rim in meter per sevond

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5 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student
The perimeter of the mentioned wheel is 2 * 3.1416 * 0.5 meters. When stretched to a straight line, this linear distance is 3.1416 meters long. Since the wheel makes 1 revolution in every second, the linear speed of a point on its rim is pi meters per second or3.1416 m / s.


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