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document.write( "Using dimensional analysis to solve:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let r=radius=1.5 inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7ft/sec*rev/2pir inches*2pi radians/rev*12 inches/ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=7ft/sec*rev/2pir inches*2pi radians/rev*12 inches/ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cancelling out rev,ft,2pi and inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=7*12 radians/r sec<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=84/1.5=56 radians/second<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ans:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The angular velocity of the nose sprocket is 56 radians/sec<BR>\n" );
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