Now your bicycle wheel is rotating with an angular speed of 46.4 rad/s. The wheel has a mass of 3.2 kg and a radius of 45.8 cm. Treat the wheel as a solid thin disc.
(a)Calculate the rotational kinetic energy of the wheel in J.
(b)Calculate the angular speed the wheel must have if its rotational kinetic energy is doubled, in rad/s.
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