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Chapter 6, Problem 5(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 5PE
A baseball pitcher brings his arm forward during a pitch, rotating the forearm about the elbow. If the velocity of the ball in the pitcher’s hand is 35.0 m/s and the ball is 0.300 m from the elbow joint, what is the angular velocity of the forearm?
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QUESTION:
Problem 5PE
A baseball pitcher brings his arm forward during a pitch, rotating the forearm about the elbow. If the velocity of the ball in the pitcher’s hand is 35.0 m/s and the ball is 0.300 m from the elbow joint, what is the angular velocity of the forearm?
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A baseball picture is bringing his arm forward by rotating his elbow.We have to find the angular velocity of the forearm. Since his forearm is rotating and it is an circular radius we use the formula.
Where w= angular velocity, v =linear velocity and r=radius of circle