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The earth's radius is 6.37× 106 m ; it rotates once every 24 hours. What is its angular speed?
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The earth's radius is  6.37× 106

m ; it rotates once every 24 hours.  What is its angular speed?
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The formula for angular speed is change in radians over time. Using the given value: angular velocity = 6370000/86400 = 73.73.
86400 seconds = 24 hours. Time has to be converted to seconds before calculation is done.
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