A String Is Wound Tightly Around a Fixed Pulley Whose

question 82

Multiple Choice

A string is wound tightly around a fixed pulley whose radius is 5.0 cm. As the string is pulled, the pulley rotates without slipping. What is the angular speed of the pulley when the string has a linear speed of 5.0 m/s?

• A) 100 rad/s
• B) 50 rad/s
• C) 25 rad/s
• D) 20 rad/s
• E) 10 rad/s

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