A centrifuge takes 100 s to spin up from rest to its final angular speed with constant angular acceleration. A point located 8.00 cm from the axis of rotation of the centrifuge moves with a speed of 150 m/s when the centrifuge is at full speed

(a) What is the average angular acceleration of the centrifuge as it spins up? (b) How many revolutions does the centrifuge make as it goes from rest to its final angular speed?


(a) 18.8 rad/s2
(b) 1.49 × 104 revolutions

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