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Chapter 10 Problem 38P

Question

As Tony the fisherman reels in a “big one,” he turns the spool on his fishing reel at the rate of 3.0 complete revolutions every second (Figure 10–19).

(a) If the radius of the reel is 3.7 cm, what is the linear speed of the fishing line as it is reeled in? (b) How would your answer to part (a) change if the radius of the reel were doubled?

Solution

Step 1 of 2

Part a

We are required to calculate the linear speed of the fishing reel.

Given:

Angular speed rev/s

rps ( rps = rotations per second  and 1 rev = rotations)

rps

The reel radius cm

m

Therefore, the linear speed,

m/s

m/s

The required linear speed is 0.7 m/s.

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

As Tony the fisherman reels in a "big one, " he turns the

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