Pilots can be tested for the stresses of flying high-speed jets in a whirling “human centrifuge,” which takes 1.0 min to turn through 20 complete revolutions before reaching its final speed. (a) What was its angular acceleration (assumed constant), and (b) what was its final angular speed in rpm?

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Pilots can be tested for the stresses of flying high-speed jets in a whirling “human
centrifuge,” which takes 1.0 min to turn through 20 complete revolutions before reaching its
final speed. (a) What was its angular acceleration (assumed constant), and (b) what was its
final angular speed in rpm? 

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