The propeller of a World War II fighter plane is 2.49 m in diameter. (a) What is its angular velocity in radians per second if it spins at 1000 rev/min? |rad/s (b) What is the linear speed (in m/s) of its tip at this angular velocity if the plane is stationary on the tarmac? |m/s (c) What is the centripetal acceleration of the propeller tip under these conditions? Calculate it in meters per second squared and convert to multiples of g. centripetal acceleration in m/s? m/s? centripetal acceleration in g

The propeller of a World War II fighter plane is 2.49 m in diameter. (a) What is its angular velocity in radians per second if it spins at 1000 rev/min? |rad/s (b) What is the linear speed (in m/s) of its tip at this angular velocity if the plane is stationary on the tarmac? |m/s (c) What is the centripetal acceleration of the propeller tip under these conditions? Calculate it in meters per second squared and convert to multiples of g. centripetal acceleration in m/s? m/s? centripetal acceleration in g

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter3: Motion In Two Dimensions

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