SOLUTION: Assuming the earth to be a perfect shere with a diameter of 8000 miles, find the angular velocity and linear speed of a point at the equator.

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Question 154517: Assuming the earth to be a perfect shere with a diameter of 8000 miles, find the angular velocity and linear speed of a point at the equator.
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Assuming the earth to be a perfect shere with a diameter of 8000 miles, find the angular velocity and linear speed of a point at the equator.
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Since the earth rotates about it's axis once every 24 hours...
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The "linear speed" is:
(8000 miles)/(24 hours)
333.33 miles/hr
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The "angular speed" is:
(360 degrees)/(24 hours)
15 deg/hr