Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-1-11823-072-5

Chapter 10 - Rotation - Problems - Page 288: 25a

Answer

$7.3\times 10^{-5}\ rad/s $

Work Step by Step

Time taken by the earth to complete one rotation is: $t =23\ hours\ 56 min\ 4.1\ s$ Converting time to seconds: $t= (23\times 60\times 60\ s)+(56\times 60\ s)+4.1\ s$ $t = 82800\ s + 3360\ s + 4.1\ s = 86164.1\ s$ Therefore, the Angular speed is: $\omega = \frac{2\pi}{t}$ $\omega = \frac{2\pi}{86164.1\ s}$ $\omega = 7.292\times 10^{-5} = 7.3\times 10^{-5}\ rad/s $
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