SOLUTION: A moth travelling at a constant speed takes 8.25 s to circle a light bulb with a radius of 7.50 cm. What is the tangential speed of the moth?

Question 955227: A moth travelling at a constant speed takes 8.25 s to circle a light bulb with a radius of 7.50 cm.
What is the tangential speed of the moth?

Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A moth travelling at a constant speed takes 8.25 s to circle a light bulb with a radius of 7.50 cm. What is the tangential speed of the moth?
tangential speed=linear speed=circumference/time moth takes to circle a light bulb
2π(7.5)cm/8.25 sec≈5.712
tangential speed of the moth≈ 5.712 cm/sec
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