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Chapter 10 Problem 90GP

Question

Problem 90GP

A potter's wheel of radius 6.8 cm rotates with a period of 0.52 s. What are (a) the linear speed and (b) the centripetal acceleration of a small lump of clay on the rim of the wheel? (c) How do your answers to parts (a) and (b) change if the period of rotation is doubled?

Solution

Solution 90GP

Part (a)

Step 1 of 5:

A potter’s wheel has the radius r and the period T is given. We are going to find the linear speed of the wheel.

The radius of the wheel r = 6.8 cm = 0.068 m

The period of the wheel T = 0.52 s

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

A potter's wheel of radius 6.8 cm rotates with a period of

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