SOLUTION: An ice skater is spinning on ice. With her arms fully extended horizontally, and one leg extended, she completes 2 revolutions per second. I. Compute the skater;s angular speed

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Question 819566: An ice skater is spinning on ice. With her arms fully extended horizontally, and one leg extended, she completes 2 revolutions per second.
I. Compute the skater;s angular speed
!!. If one of her arms is about 71cm in length from shoulder to fingers, find the linear speed of a point on her fingertip.
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An ice skater is spinning on ice. With her arms fully extended horizontally, and one leg extended, she completes 2 revolutions per second.
I. Compute the skater;s angular speed
!!. If one of her arms is about 71cm in length from shoulder to fingers, find the linear speed of a point on her fingertip.
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angular+speed=2%28rev%2Fsec%29%2A2%28pi%29%28radians%2Frev%29=4%28pi%29%28radians%2Fsec%29
linear+speed=2%28rev%2Fsec%29%2A2%28pi%2971%28cm%2Frev%29=142%28pi%29%28cm%2Fsec%29