SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS AND THEIR GRAPHS: A wheel turns 1,500 revolutions per minute.How fast does it turn in radians per second?

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Question 240801: PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS AND THEIR GRAPHS:
A wheel turns 1,500 revolutions per minute.How fast does it turn in radians per second?
Found 2 solutions by vleith, jsmallt9:
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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The size of a radian is determined by the requirement that there are 2%2Api radians in a circle. So each revolution is 2%2Apiradians
1500+RevolutionPerMinute+=+%281500%2F60%29RevolutionPerSecond = 25rps
%282%2Api%29+radians+=+1+revolution
25RevolutionPerSecond+=+25%2A%28%282%2Api%29radians%29PerSecond
50%2Api radians per second

Answer by jsmallt9(3758) About Me  (Show Source):
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(Sorry, my original solution (below) is incorrect. I neglected the fact that the original speed was per minute and the answer was supposed to be per second. The correct answer is 50pi (as provided by someone else.)

INCORRECT: One complete revolution, in radians, is 2pi. So 1500 revolutions per minute would be 1500%2A2pi or 3000pi revolutions per minute.