Physics Problem Set

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1. Selena goes around a circular track that has a diameter of 8.5 m.

If she runs around the


entire track for a distance of 60 m, what is her angular displacement?

2. Cj bought a pizza of radius of 0.5 m. A fly lands on the pizza and walks around the edge for a
distance of 80 cm. Calculate the angular displacement of the fly?
3. When you switch your room fan from medium to high speed, the blades accelerate at 1.2
radians per second squared for 1.5 seconds. If the initial angular speed of the fan blades is 3.0
radians per second, what is the final angular speed of the fan blades in radians per second?
4. The radius of a car tire is about 0.35 meters. If the car accelerates in a straight line from rest
at 2.8 meters per second squared, what is the angular acceleration, both magnitude and
direction, of the front passenger-side tire?
5. A merry-go-round has an angular acceleration of 0.30 radians per second squared. After
accelerating from rest for 2.8 seconds, through what angle in radians does the merry-go-
round rotate?
6. If a ball is travelling in a circle of diameter 10m with velocity 20m/s, find the angular velocity
of the ball.
7. Suppose a car tire rotates 8 times a second. The tire has a diameter of 8 inches. Find the
angular velocity in radians per second.
8. What is the angular velocity of a spinning top if it travels π radians in a third of a second?
9. A 20 in diameter tire on a car makes 9.3 revolutions per second. Find the angular speed of the
car.
10. A car wheel of radius 20 inches rotates at 8 revolutions per second on the highway. What is
the angular speed of the tire?
11. Calculate the angular speed of the second hand on a clock.
12. Calculate the angular speed of the minute hand on a clock.
13. Calculate the angular speed of the hour hand on a clock.
14. Calculate the angular speed of a 45 rpm record.
15. Calculate the angular speed of a 4000 rpm CD Rom drive.
16. A car drives round a circular track of radius 1.0 km at a constant speed of 26 ms-1. What is
the angular sp eed?
17. An ant is sitting at the edge of a rotating circular disc. Its angular velocity changes at the rate
of 60 rad/s for 10 seconds. Calculate its angular acceleration during this time?
18. The rear wheel of a motorcycle has an angular acceleration of 20 rad/s2 in a second. What
can be said about its angular velocity?
19. A force of 5.0 N is applied at the end of a lever that has a length of 2.0 meters. If the force is
applied directly perpendicular to the the lever, as shown in the below diagram, what is the
magnitude of the torque acting the lever?
20. What force is necessary to generate a 20.0 N*m torque at an angle of 50 degrees from along
a 3.00 m rod?

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