A hamster wheel has a diameter of 9 inches and makes one revolution every 3 seconds when the hamster is running on it. from the perspective of the spinning wheel what is the angular velocity of tge hamster in radians per secong. round your answer to the nearest thousandth.

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Nayeli Bonilla

Mathematics

25 March, 13:19

A hamster wheel has a diameter of 9 inches and makes one revolution every 3 seconds when the hamster is running on it. from the perspective of the spinning wheel what is the angular velocity of tge hamster in radians per secong. round your answer to the nearest thousandth.

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Curtis Gilmore · Answer 1

Angular velocity is given by:

ω=θ/t

θ=s/r

s=πd

=π*9

taking π=3.14

then

s=3.14*9

=28.16 in

thus

θ=28.16/4.5

=6.28

hence the angular velocity will be:

=6.28/3

=2.09 rad/sec