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Arc Length and Angular & Linear Speed

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A gear spins at a rate of 400 revolutions/minute. Which choice is closest to its angular speed in radians/second?

a)

6.67 rad/s

b)

2500 rad/s

c)

41.9 rad/s

d)

20.9 rad/s

2.

A record spins at 33 rpm (revolutions per minute), which is an angular speed of about 3.46 radians per second. What is the approximate linear speed of a fly that sits on the record, 12 cm from the center?

a)

3.4 cm/s

b)

21.5 cm/s

c)

41.5 cm/s

d)

131.9 cm/s

3.

A ceiling fan with 16 inch blades rotates at 45 rpm. Find the angular speed of the fan in rad/min. Round to the nearest tenth.

a)

90 rad/min

b)

282.7 rad/min

c)

45 rad/min

d)

141.4 rad/min

4.
Determine the linear velocity of the tips of the blades in inches per minute for a ceiling fan with 20 inch blades rotating at 45 rpm.
a)
5654.9 in/min
b)
1800 in/min
c)
2827.4 in/min
d)
900 in/min
5.

Determine the angular speed in rad/min of a gyroscope rotating at 6 rps (revolutions per second). Leave answer in terms of π.

a)

360π rad/min

b)

12π rad/min

c)

360 rad/min

d)

720π rad/min

6.

A child sits 0.75 m from the center of a merry go round. The merry go round makes one revolutions in 4 seconds. What is the child's linear speed? (Use 3.14 as pi, and Round your answer to tenths)

a)

1.9 m/s

b)

1.2 m/s

c)

12.6 m/s

d)

4.71 m/s

7.

The wheel of a machine rotates at the rate of 300 rpm (revolutions per minute). If the diameter of the wheel is 80 cm, what is the angular speed in radian per second ?

a)

1884.96 rad/sec

b)

24,000 rad/sec

c)

31.42 rad/sec

d)

1256.29 rad/sec

8.
The wheel of a machine rotates at the rate of 300 rpm (rotation per minute). If the diameter of the wheel is 80 cm, what is the linear speed (in cm per second) of a point on the wheel?
a)
1257 cm/sec
b)
200 cm/sec
c)
1440,000 cm/sec
d)
542 cm/sec
9.

The length of an arc is 18cm and the radius of the circle is 6cm. What is the radian measure of the central angle?

a)

3 radian

b)

2 radian

c)

4 radian

d)

2π radian

10.

Find the arc length.

a)

3π/4 ft

b)

39π/4 ft

c)

13π/4 ft

d)

4π/13 ft