Question

a disk of a radius 50 cm rotates at a constant rate of 100 rpm. what distance in meters will a point on the outside rim travel during 30 seconds of rotation?​

Answer 1

239 rpm

Explanation: So the distance covered in one minute is 75,000 centimeters. The diameter of the wheel is 100 cm, so the radius is 50 cm, and the circumference is 100π cm. How many of these circumferences (or wheel revolutions) fit inside the 75,000 cm? In other words, if I were to peel this wheel's tread from the cart and lay it out flat, it would measure a distance of 100π cm. How many of these lengths fit into the entire distance covered in one minute? To find out how many of (this) fit into so many of (that), I must divide (that) by (this), so:

100πcm/rev

75,000cm/min

​750 min rev≈238.7324146RPM