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aeroapollo
Jun 25, 2013, 06:21 PM
The trap-jaw ant can snap its mandibles shut in as little as 1.3 x 10^-4 seconds. In order to shut, both mandibles rotate through a 90 degree angle. What is the average angular velocity of one of the mandibles of the trap-jaw ant when the mandibles snap shut?

ebaines
Jun 26, 2013, 05:44 AM
Use:

\omega = \frac {\Delta \theta} t

where \theta is in radians.