SOLUTION: Leigh and Fatima decided to ride in the merry go round located in a park near their house. Leigh is standing 1.2 meters from the center and Fatima is riding 2 meters from the cente

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Question 1170222: Leigh and Fatima decided to ride in the merry go round located in a park near their house. Leigh is standing 1.2 meters from the center and Fatima is riding 2 meters from the center. It took 8 seconds to complete the rotation. Calculate their angular velocity
Answer by ikleyn(52847)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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1 rotation =  radians = 2*3.14 radians = 6.28 radians


1 rotation per 8 seconds is the angular velocity   radians per second =  = 0.785 radians per second.    ANSWER

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