Homework Help: physics

Posted by phil on Friday, September 28, 2012 at 3:27pm.

A bicycle wheel of radius 0.4 m is spinning at a rate of 40 revolutions per minute.

What is the centripetal acceleration of a point on the edge of the wheel?

What is the period of the wheel's motion?

physics - bobpursley, Friday, September 28, 2012 at 6:13pm
40rpm=80PI/60 radians/s =1 1/3 PI rad/s=w

centripetal acceleartion=w^2 r

Period=1/freq=2PI/w

Answer this Question

Related Questions

Physics - A bicycle wheel of radius 0.2 m is spinning at a rate of 70 ...
Math - A bicycle wheel is 30 inches in diameter. a. to the nearest revolution, ...
math - If a flywheel is 3 fee in diameter and if a belt over the wheel is ...
college trig word problem - A Ferris wheel has a radius of 25 feet.The wheel is ...
trigonometry - If a flywheel is 3 feet in diameter and if a belt over the wheel ...
Science - You are holding the axle of a bicycle wheel with radius 30 cm and mass...
math - The radius of each wheel of a car is 16 inches. At how many revolutions ...
precalculus - A Ferris wheel has a radius of 35 feet, and is rotating at 5 ...
Physics - A bicycle wheel of radius .7m is rolling without slipping on a ...
trigonometry - The sprockets and chain of a bicycle are shown in the figure. The...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: