Manual air pump calculation for machine dynamics

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Summary:: I am stuck into this problem for almost a week now. I think I solved it, but it seems something is wrong. Can someone point me, what is wrong here. It'll be so much helpful.

I am stuck into this problem for almost a week now. I think I solved it, but it seems something is wrong. Can someone point me, what is wrong here. It'll be so much helpful.
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The image is a bit too fuzzy for me to read. Please type in your working, as required by the forum rules.
 
Should we assume that the mentioned steady velocity of point C is a vector always perpendicular to CO?
 
Lnewqban said:
Should we assume that the mentioned steady velocity of point C is a vector always perpendicular to CO?
I assumed it meant a steady tangential speed, not linear velocity.
I haven't come across this velocity diagram technique before. As far as I can make out, the solution is obtained by measurements from a scale drawing, not by algebra.
 
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Thank you, haruspex.
I hope the OP can soon show us his work more clearly.