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Two points are on a disk that is turning about a fixed axis perpendicular to the disk and through its center at increasing angular velocity. One point is on the rim and the other point is halfway between the rim and the center.
Which point has the greater speed?
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As the disk rotates both points move with the same angular speed but the point on the rim moves with greater speed because the speed can be calculated from:
and since the point on the rim is at greater radius it travels with larger speed.
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