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Rim in Feet Per Minute? Solution: Equation

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Rim in Feet Per Minute? Solution: Equation

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Variables: Radians, Arc Length, Linear Speed, & Angular Speed

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Formulas:

Note: We derive by combing with to get


Dimensional analysis conversion factors:

Steps to Solve:
1. Identify what is given and what you are trying to find; identify all variables and associated units.
2. Determine which equation relates the known and unknown variables.
3. Rearrange the equation to solve for the unknown variable.
4. Plug in known quantities with units into equation.
5. Multiply by a series of dimensional analysis conversion factors until you arrive at the appropriate units for your answer.

Example Problems:
1. A wheel with a 15-inch diameter rotates at a rate of 6 radians per second. What is the linear speed of a point on its
rim in feet per minute?
Solution: Equation:

2. An earth satellite in circular orbit 1200 km high makes one complete revolution every 90 minutes. What is its linear
speed in km/min, given that the earth’s radius is 6400 km?
Solution: Equation:

3. Through how many radians does the minute hand of a clock rotate from 12:45pm to 1:25pm?
Solution: Equation:

4. A car travels at 60 miles per hour. Its wheels have a 24-inch diameter. What is the angular speed of a point on the
rim of a wheel in revolutions per minute?

Solution: , , Equation relating these variables:


Homework Problems to start working in class:

Do not use a calculator to solve these problems. Numbers should cancel nicely. Follow the above examples. Typically, if
your units end up correct you are doing the problems correctly, but be careful! Also, don’t forget about your ’s – if the
problem has a in the denominator that doesn’t cancel out, your answer should also have a in the denominator.

1. A car travels 3 miles. Its tires make 2640 revolutions. What is the radius of a tire in inches?

2. A satellite 290 miles above Mars’ surface makes one revolution every 2 hours. What is its linear speed in miles per
hour, given that the radius of Mars is 2110 miles?

3. A pulley has a 48-inch diameter, and moves a belt at a rate of 8 miles per hour. What is the angular speed of a point
on the edge of the pulley in revolutions per minute?

4. A circle has a radius of 3 feet. What is the measure, in degrees, of an angle that subtends an arc of 4 inches?

Additional homework from textbook:

5.1 #59-74 all

Note that the some of the problems given in the book are rounded, and do not give you nice numbers that cancel neatly
like the problems above. Work all homework problems in the same way as the given examples and cancel as much as
you can. To check answers to book problems that ask for you to round, plug what you get into a calculator.

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