document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=726292>Question 726292</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a trig question about degrees and radians that I don't understand.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A centrifuge is a machine that is used to seperate fluids. In a high school lab, the centrifuge has an angular speed of 400pi radians per second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. Find the rotation in revolutions per minute<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. What is the linear speed of a substance that is 8 centimeters away from the center?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A. Find the rotation in revolutions per minute.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400 &#960; radians/sec*revolution/2&#960; radians*60 sec/min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "&#960;, sec, radians cancel out, leaving revolution/min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400 &#960; radians/sec*revolution/2&#960; radians*60 sec/min=400*60/2=12000 rev/min<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B. What is the linear speed of a substance that is 8 centimeters away from the center?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "circumference=2&#960;r=2&#960;*8=16&#960; cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for each revolution the subtance travels 16&#960; cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12000 rev/min*16&#960;/rev=192000&#960; cm/min </SPAN>\n" );
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