Period and Frequency

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AP Physics 1 › Period and Frequency

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Two cars are racing side by side on a perfectly circular race track. The inner car is from the center of the track. The outer car is from center of the track. Both cars are traveling at

How much longer does it take the outer car to complete one lap?

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A car with wheels of mass and wheels of radius is traveling at . Treating the wheels as disks of uniform mass density, calculate the angular period of one wheel.

3

A bowling ball of mass and radius is thrown with a rotational kinetic energy of . Find its period.

4

A solid cylinder of mass and radius is at rest at the top of a slope with an angle of . The sphere is then released. How far down the slope has the sphere traveled when it has a period of . Neglect air resistance and any frictional forces.

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A car with wheels of mass and wheels of radius is traveling at . Treating the wheels as disks of uniform mass density, calculate the angular frequency of one wheel.

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Suppose you have a string of length with a ball of mass attached to the end. You are going to spin the ball in a vertical circle. What is the minimum frequency of the ball that will keep the string in tension at all times?

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A grandfather clock is getting extremely rusty on the inside and falls behind by 1500 seconds every day. What is the period of the minute hand of the clock?

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What is the ordinary frequency of the second hand on a clock?

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Two cars are racing side by side on a perfectly circular race track. The inner car is from the center of the track. The outer car is from center of the track. Both cars are traveling at .

How long does it take the inner car to complete a lap?

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A mass of is traveling in a circle of . If it is under a centripetal force of , what is the mass's period?

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