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Posted by Tommy on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:28pm.

If a discus thrower rotates through the last 45 degrees of a turn in .11 seconds and the distance from the axis of the rotation to the center of the discus is 1.22 m, what is the average linear velocity of the discus?

• Physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:31pm

  linear velocity= w*r=PI/(4*.11) * 1.22

  
  

• Physics - Tommy, Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:33pm

  what does PI stand for?

  
  

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