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OpenStudy (anonymous):

PLS HELP! Miguel won a bicycle race. The wheel on Miguel's bike had a 67-cm diameter. His average linear speed during the 19th stage of the race was 48.461 km/hr. What was the angular speed of the wheel in revolutions per hour?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Each revolution meant a distance of pi D = 2.10 m. revolutions per hour = velocity (per hour)/distance per revolution.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

C=67pi right? is that how u start?

OpenStudy (mertsj):

How far does he go when the wheel goes around once?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

67 cm?

OpenStudy (mertsj):

In other words, what is the circumference of the wheel?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

67pi cm

OpenStudy (mertsj):

That would be 210.5 cm.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can u explain how?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

never mind ok then what?

OpenStudy (mertsj):

67 times 3.14159=67pi

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry i got that

OpenStudy (mertsj):

48.461 km = 48461 m = 4846100 cm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok.. but so youd set up a ratio to convert it into cm?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can u show me how you would set up the ratios one by one, since this is like dimensional analysis?

OpenStudy (mertsj):

48.461 km x 1000m/1km x 100 cm/1 m =

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so units would cancel

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but we're not done right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you get it?

OpenStudy (mertsj):

And 4846100 cm/ 1 hour x 1 rev/210.5 cm = 23022 revolutions/hour

OpenStudy (mertsj):

And that is the angular speed in revolutions per hour.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you so much.

OpenStudy (mertsj):

yw

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