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Chapter 10 Problem 42P

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Problem 42P

To polish a filling, a dentist attaches a sanding disk with a radius of 3.20 mm to the drill. (a) When the drill is operated at 2.15 × 104 rad/s, what is the tangential speed of the rim of the disk? (b) What period of rotation must the disk have if the tangential speed of its rim is to be 275 m/s?

Solution

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We are required to calculate the tangential speed and period of rotation.

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

To polish a filling, a dentist attaches a sanding disk

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