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Angular and tangential acceleration

Problem

A tall baseball player throws a ball that is r meters from their elbow with an angular acceleration α. A shorter baseball player throws a baseball with the same angular acceleration where the ball is r2 from their elbow .
How does the tangential acceleration of the tall player’s ball atall compare with the shorter player’s ball ashort?
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