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A 40-meter-long blade of a wind turbine makes one complete revolution in 10 seconds. To the nearest tenth, the linear velocity of the blade
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A 40-meter-long blade of a wind turbine makes one complete revolution in 10 seconds. To the nearest tenth, the linear velocity of the blade is meters per second.
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2021-09-03T09:55:00+00:00
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Answer:
25.13 m/s
Step-by-step explanation:
Linear velocity = Distance / time
The distance = Circumference of turbine = 2πr
Radius, r = 40 m
Circumference= 2 * π * 40 = 251.327
The linear velocity is thus :
Circumference / time
= 251.327m / 10s
= 25.13 m/s