A truck with 0.100 m radius tires travels at 24.0 m/s. At how many radians per second are the tires rotating? What is this in rpm?

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Circumference = pi * 2r =
3.14 * 0.20 = 0.6283 m/rev.

Va = 24m/s * 6.28rad/0.6283m = 240 rad/s
= Angular velocity.

V = 24m/s * 1rev/0.6283m * 60s/min =
2292 RPM.