Uniform circular motion - simple problem

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Femme_physics
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Homework Statement



A girl is running around a circular fountain with a diameter of 6.5m. If it takes her 72 seconds to run all the way around, what's her angular speed?

The Attempt at a Solution



I appear to be getting a wrong answer: (look only at the thick black marker)

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/548/radsec.jpg
 
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Thanks Doc :) My silly err. you're awesome!
 
Hi Femme_physics! :smile:

Why do you write π like that? :confused:

Shouldn't π have a hat to keep its legs cool? o:)​
 
Heh, you're on to me tiny-tim ;) I don't know how to properly write pi! I'll work on that :-)