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AP®︎/College Physics 1

Course: AP®︎/College Physics 1 > Unit 4

Lesson 1: Uniform circular motion introduction
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AP®︎/College Physics 1
Uniform circular motion and gravitation
Uniform circular motion introduction
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Circular motion basics: Angular velocity, period, and frequency

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Problem

A catapult of pole length 9r throws a watermelon from one end of a pole which rotates about an axis at the other end with angular speed ω.
A smaller catapult of pole length r throws another watermelon from one end of a pole which rotates about an axis at the other end with the same angular speed ω as the first catapult.
How does the linear speed of the larger catapult's watermelon vlarge compare with the smaller catapult's watermelon vsmall?
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