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mlwazisto
Jul 10, 2013, 05:37 AM
A wheel of diameter 200mm has a rotational frequency of 15 r/s. Calculate the peripheral velocity in m/s

ebaines
Jul 10, 2013, 06:12 AM
Calculate the circumference of the wheel in meters, and multiply by revolutions per second (I assume that's what you mean by the term "r/s" - or did you mean radians per second?) - this gives you speeed in meters per second for a point on the edge of the wheel.