Thread: [SOLVED] Linear and Angular Velocity. Very Urgent! Help

The wheel of the truck is turning at 4.5 rpm. The wheel is 0.8 m in diameter.

a. Find the angular velocity of the wheel in rad per sec.
b. Find the linear velocity in ft. per sec. of a point on the rim of a wheel.

Originally Posted by jcrodua

The wheel of the truck is turning at 4.5 rpm. The wheel is 0.8 m in diameter.

a. Find the angular velocity of the wheel in rad per sec.
b. Find the linear velocity in ft. per sec. of a point on the rim of a wheel.

Have you been taught the basic definitions?

Read this: Angular and Linear Velocity

a. radians in 1 minute therefore radians in 1 second ......

b. m/s.