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shawonna23
Oct24-04, 03:56 AM
A ceiling fan has two different angular speed settings: w1 = 485 rev/min and w2 = 120 rev/min. What is the ratio (a1/a2) of the centripetal accelerations of a given point on a fan blade?

How would I go about solving this problem?

Doc Al
Oct24-04, 09:41 AM
What's the formula for centripetal acceleration? Hint: Find the formula for centripetal acceleration in terms of angular speed (\omega).

shawonna23
Oct24-04, 03:21 PM
I used the equation: w^2=a/r. I found the angular speed, but i don't know what the radius is.

Tide
Oct24-04, 03:24 PM
The radius will not change between the two speed settings.