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

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?

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

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