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	How many rpm does a 3.5 in. diameter wheel turn at 7 miles per hour?		2011-12-06
		From Al: how many rpm does a 3.5 in. diameter wheel turn at 7 miles per hour Answered by Penny Nom.
	Angular speed		2010-12-12
		From Jason: 7 in. pulley traveling @ 175ft/sec. What is the rpm? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	Angular speed		2009-08-04
		From Mary: The engine of a sports car rotates at 5000 revolutions per minute (rpm). Calculate the angular speed of the engine in radians per second. Use 2 radians = 1 revolution. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rolling wheel		2009-03-29
		From Jules: How far does a wheel of radius 2 feet roll along level ground in making 300 revolutions? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The speed of a tire in revolutions per minute		2009-03-28
		From Jules: Suppose that a tire on a car has an outer diameter of 2,5 feet. How many revolutions per minute does that tire make when the car is travelling 60 miles per hour? (hint:first find the angular velocity in radians per minute.) Answered by Harley Weston.
	Jogging around a circular track		2008-11-19
		From kim: Joan wants to jog 10 miles on a circular track 1/4 miles in diameter. How many times must she circle the track? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The current in a river		2008-06-12
		From Joi: To approximate the speed of the current of a river, a circular paddle wheel with radius 4 feet is lowered into the water. If the current causes the wheel to rotate at a speed of 10 revolutions per minute, what is the speed of the current? Express your answer in miles per hour. Answered by Harley Weston.
	How many complete revolutions does each wheel make?		2007-12-28
		From varoon: The wheels of a car are of diameter 80cm each. How many complete revolutions does each wheel make in 10 minutes when the car is travelling at a speed of 66kms per hour? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Is there a practical use for radian measure?		2007-10-26
		From Paula: Is there a practical use for radian measure in any profession? Which professions might us radian as opposed to degree measure? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Angular speed		2007-01-18
		From Cristina: A car is moving at a rate of 50 miles per hour, and the diameter of its wheels is 2.5 feet. a) Find the number of revolutions per minute the wheels are rotating. b) Find the angular speed of the wheels in radians per minute. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	What size pulley would I need?		2006-12-29
		From Chris: If I have a motor that's spinning at 950 RPM's with a pulley that's 6in diameter with a belt running to a generator, What size pulley would I need on the generator to make it spin at 3600 RPM Answered by Penny Nom.
	A point on a bicycle rim		2006-08-01
		From Sonu: Find the speed in m/s of a point on a bicycle rim of diameter 88cm making 200 revolutions per minute. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Angular speed		2004-02-01
		From Rachel: A 4 inch pulley on a motor makes 1500 revolutions/minute. It is connected to an 8 inch saw blade. a. Find the angular speed of the pulley in radians/minute b. Find the angular speed of the saw in radians/ minute Answered by Harley Weston.
	A rock on a string		2003-10-26
		From A student: a rock on a 4' string is rotated at 80 rpm. what is the linear speed in feet per second? in miles per hour? Answered by Penny Nom.
	PreCalculus		2000-08-09
		From Angela: Use absolute values to define the interval or pair of intervals on the real line. <--|--- |--- ]--- |--- |--- |--- [---| ---|--> 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 A car is moving at the rate of 50 miles per hour, and the diameter of its wheels is 2.5 feet. a) Find the number of revolutions per minute that the wheels are rotating. b) Find the angular speed of the wheels in radians per minute. Answered by Harley Weston.
	Rolling Circles		1999-09-12
		From Craig Ellis: We have a circle of radius 3. inside the circle and tangent to the circle of radius 3 at one point is a circleof radius 1. The question is if we could roll the smaller circle around the inside of the larger circle how many revolutions would it take to get around to where we started. Answered by Chris Fisher and Walter Whiteley.

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