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Name: Introductory Angular Velocity Problem - A Turning Bike Tire
Category: Rotational Motion
Date Added: 2017-06-26
Submitter: Flipping Physics

The wheel of a bike rotates exactly 3 times in 12.2 seconds. What is the average angular velocity of the wheel in (a) radians per second and (b) revolutions per minute?

Want Lecture Notes? This is an AP Physics 1 topic.

Content Times:
0:08 Translating the problem
1:32 Solving for the angular velocity in radians per second
2:22 Converting from radians per second to revolutions per minute
3:24 Three common mistakes made by students when doing this conversion.
4:37 Alternate and easier solution for part b

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