A Serious Audiophile Prefers to Listen to Music on His $\times$

question 94

Multiple Choice

A serious audiophile prefers to listen to music on his vinyl record turntable.The 12-inch diameter disk rotates at a constant 33 rpm.How fast is the record passing by the pickup cartridge tip at a radius of 4 inches? (1 inch = 2.54 cm)

• A)5.6 cm/s
• B)35 cm/s
• C)3.3 \(\times\) 10² cm/s
• D)21 m/s
• E)18 cm/s

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Definitions:

Capital Expenditures

Funds used by a company to acquire or upgrade physical assets such as equipment, property, or industrial buildings.

Functional Depreciation

A decrease in the usefulness or value of an asset resulting from obsolescence, wear and tear, or age.

Fixed Asset

A long-term tangible piece of property that a firm owns and uses in its operations to generate income.

Book Value

The net value of a company's assets minus its liabilities and preferred stock, reflecting the amount that shareholders would theoretically receive if the company was liquidated.