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Chapter 8 Problem 35

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Some bacteria are propelled by biological motors that spin hairlike fl agella. A typical bacterial motor turning at a constant angular velocity has a radius of 1.5 3 1028 m, and a tangential speed at the rim of 2.3 3 1025 m/s. (a) What is the angular speed (the magnitude of the angular velocity) of this bacterial motor? (b) How long does it take the motor to make one revolution?

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Title Physics 10e 
Author David Young, Shane Stadler
ISBN 9781118486894

Some bacteria are propelled by biological motors that spin

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