Sasha sits on a horse on a carousel 3.5 m from the center of the circle. She makes a revolution once every 8.2

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Sasha sits on a horse on a carousel 3.5 m from the center of the circle. She makes a revolution once every 8.2 seconds. What is Sasha’s tangential speed?

0.9 m/s
1.3 m/s
2.7 m/s

GPT-5 mini · Answer

Tangential speed v = circumference / period = 2πr / T.

v = (2π)(3.5 m) / (8.2 s) ≈ 21.99 / 8.2 ≈ 2.68 m/s ≈ 2.7 m/s.

Sasha sits on a horse on a carousel 3.5 m from the center of the circle. She makes a revolution once every 8.2 seconds. What is Sasha’s tangential speed?

0.9 m/s
1.3 m/s
2.7 m/s

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Sasha sits on a horse on a carousel 3.5 m from the center of the circle. She makes a revolution once every 8.2 seconds. What is Sasha’s tangential speed? 0.9 m/s 1.3 m/s 2.7 m/s

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Sasha sits on a horse on a carousel 3.5 m from the center of the circle. She makes a revolution once every 8.2 seconds. What is Sasha’s tangential speed?

0.9 m/s
1.3 m/s
2.7 m/s