A bicycle wheel with a radius of 0.42 m accelerates uniformly for 6.8 s from an initial angular velocity of 5.5 rad/s to a final angular velocity of 6.7 rad/s. What was its angular acceleration

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Answer:

The angular acceleration required  is 0.1765 rad/ [tex]s^2[/tex]

Explanation:

The radius of the bicycle wheel has a radius of 0.42 m.

The acceleration is for time, t =  6.8 seconds.

Initial angular velocity is given as  [tex]\omega_{0}[/tex]  = 5.5 rad/s

Final angular velocity is given as [tex]\omega_{f}[/tex] = 6.7 rad/s

Therefore from the formula for angular speed we get

[tex]\omega_{f}[/tex] = [tex]\omega_{0}[/tex] + ([tex]\frac{d\omega}{dt}[/tex] [tex]\times[/tex] t),   where t is the time in seconds.

Therefore we get

6.7 =  5.5 + (6.8 × [tex]\frac{d\omega}{dt}[/tex] )

Therefore we get the angular acceleration, [tex]\frac{d\omega}{dt}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{(6.7 - 5.5 }{6.8} = 0.1765 rad/ s^2[/tex]

The angular acceleration required  is 0.1765 rad/ [tex]s^2[/tex]