Question

The Olympic diver completes 3.5 somersaults in 1.7 seconds. What is the average angular speed (in rad/s) of the diver?

Answer 1

One somersault is a complete circle, namely 2π radians. So 3.5 somersaults in 1.7 s would be equivalent to 3.5*2π/1.7 radians/s.

Answer 2

12.9