What is the sign of the angular velocity \omegaω for the pulley in the figure below?

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$What is the sign of the angular velocity \omegaω for the pulley in the figure below-example-1$

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By convention, positive angular velocity indicates counterclockwise rotation, while negative is clockwise.

In this case, using this convention the sign of the angular velocity is negative

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negative

Mark Szymanski answered Aug 10, 2023

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