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A wheel is observed to rotate 5 complete revolutions in 25 seconds. What is its angular speed

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1.26 rad/s

the first step is to find the frequency of the wheel.

The wheel rotates at rate of 5 revolutions in 25 seconds. The frequency is the number of revolutions per second.

frequency (f) = 5/25

= 1/5

= 0.2 Hz

Angular velocity = 2πf

= 2×π×0.2

= 0.4π rad/s or

= 1.26 rad/s

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