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Question 1014958: There are 20 rollers under a conveyor belt and each roller has a radius of 15 inches. The rollers turn at a rate of 50 revolutions per minute. What is the linear velocity of the conveyor belt? Please give your answer in feet per second, rounded to the nearest tenth. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 20 rollers under a conveyor belt and each roller has a radius of 15 inches. The rollers turn at a rate of 50 revolutions per minute. What is the linear velocity of the conveyor belt?
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The number of rollers is not relevant.
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The circumference is 2*pi*r = 30pi inches = 2.5*pi feet
@ 50 rev/min --> 50*2.5*pi ft/min
--> 50*2.5*pi/60 ft/sec
=~ 65.4 ft/sec
