An analog clock typically has three ‘hands’, that track seconds, minutes, and hours, respectively. Find the angular velocity w of each hand in units of radians per second.
Time period of full rotation of second hand = Ts = 60 sec
Time period of full rotation of minute hand = Tm = 60 minutes = 3600 sec
Time period of full rotation of hour hand = Th = 12 hours = 43200 sec
Angular velocity of second hand = s
Angular velocity of minute hand = m
Angular velocity of hour hand = h
= 2/T
s = 2/Ts
s = 2/60
s = 0.1047 rad/s
m = 2/Tm
m = 2/3600
m = 1.745 x 10-3 rad/s
h = 2/Th
h = 2/43200
h = 1.454 x 10-4 rad/s
Angular speed of second hand = 0.1047 rad/s
Angular speed of minute hand = 1.745 x 10-3 rad/s
Angular speed of hour hand = 1.454 x 10-4 rad/s
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