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Chapter 6, Problem 5P
A CD-ROM drive in a computer spins the 12-cm-diameter disks at 10,000 rpm.
a. What are the disk’s period (in s) and frequency (in rev/s)?
b. What would be the speed of a speck of dust on the outside edge of this disk?
c. What is the acceleration in units of g that this speck of dust experiences?
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