A point on the rim of a 0.25-m-radius rotating wheel has a centripetal acceleration of 4.0 m/s2 . What is the angular speed of the wheel?
a. 1.0 rad/s
b. 2.0 rad/s
c. 3.2 rad/s
d. 4.0 rad/s
d
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