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The speedometer of a truck is set to read the linear speed of the truck, but uses a device that actually meausres the angular speed of the r
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The speedometer of a truck is set to read the linear speed of the truck, but uses a device that actually meausres the angular speed of the rolling tires that came with the truck. However, the owner replaces the tires with larger-diameter versions. Does the reading on the speedometer after the replacement give a speed that is less than, equal to, or greater than the true linear speed of the truck?
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2021-08-29T23:11:51+00:00
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Answer:
Speed less than the true linear speed of the truck.
Explanation:
-Angular velocity best describes the rotational motion of a rigid body(entire object).
-In contrast, tangential velocity(only describes motion of a single point of the body),
is proportional to the radius and angular velocity and is defined as:
-The wheels in a rolling motion and the linear sped is defined as:
#As shown in the two equations,
, linear speed is directly proportional to
. The angular displacement will however decrease thus a lower reading on the speedometer.