Consider a point on a bicycle wheel as the wheel turns about a fixed axis, neither speeding up nor slowing down. Compare the linear and angular velocities of the point

a. Both are constant.
c. Only the linear velocity is constant.
b. Only the angular velocity is constant.
d. Neither is constant.


B

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