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Calculate the angular speed of the second hand and hour hand of the clock?


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Solution

Step 1:Finding the angular velocity of second hand:

For the second hand of the clock,

One complete revolution takes 60 seconds and the distance covered will be 2πr where r is the radius of the clock and π=3.14

Angular displacement in one revolution will be 2π.

So the angular velocity(ω) will be given by,

ω=2π60rad/sω=π30rad/s=0.10rad/s

Step 2: Finding the angular velocity of the hour hand:

For hour hand, it takes 12 hours for one complete revolution.

Angular displacement in one revolution will be 2π.

ω=2π60×60×12=π21600=1.45×10-4rad/s.

Hence, the angular speed of the second hand and hour hand of the clock will be 0.10 rad/s and 1.45×10-4rad/s respectively.


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