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PC 4.

1 Application Problems

Name________________________________________________Date___________Per________

WORKSHEET: Linear and Angular Speed (with dimensional analysis); Area of a Sector

1) A circular blade with a 12-inch diameter spins at a rate of 1800 rpm (revolutions per minute).

What is the blade’s angular speed in radians per minute?

Find the linear speed (in inches per minute) of one of the teeth on the edge of the blade.

Convert the linear speed into feet per second.


previous answer in 1 min 1ft ft
Hint:   
min 60 sec 12 in sec

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2) Vinyl record albums are 11 inches in diameter and spin at a rate of 33 rpm.
4 3

What is a record’s angular speed in radians per minute?


1 100
  33  2    2  
Hints: 3 3
time  1 min

How fast (in inches per minute) would a record move under a needle placed on the records edge?

Convert this linear speed to feet per second.

3) Find the area of the sector of a circle if radius 3 cm formed by an angle of 60 o.


4) With his arms fully extended, a baseball player swings a bat. Using his shoulder as the center of
rotation, the bat moves through 120° in only 0.2 seconds.

What is the angular speed of the batter’s swing in radians per second?

As he swings the bat, the player hits a baseball. Suppose the ball leaves the bat at a distance of
40 inches from the player’s shoulder. How fast (in miles per hour) is the bat moving at the point
of contact with the ball?
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Hint: use   and 5280 ft  1 mile
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During a second time at bat, the player hits another ball, which leaves the bat a distance of 43
inches from the player’s shoulder. How fast (in miles per hour) is the bat moving at the point of
contact with the ball?

5) The blades of a ceiling fan are 26 inches long, but the fan’s entire diameter is 70 inches. It spins
at a rate of 100 rpm.

What is the linear speed of point A on the outer edge of the blade?
Hint: r  35

What is the linear speed of point B on the inner edge of the blade?
Hint: r  35  26 

What is the linear speed of point C at the center of the fan?


Hint: r  0

6) An engineer is asked to design a water sprinkler that will cover a field of 100 square yards that is
in the shape of a sector of a circle of radius 15 yards. Through what angle (in degrees) should the
sprinkler rotate?

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