It has been suggested that rotating cylinders about 10 mi long and 5.6 mi in diameter be placed in space and used as colonies. What angular speed must such a cylinder have so that the centripetal acceleration at its surface equals the free-fall acceleration?

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take 5.6/2=2.8
convert 2.8miles into meters=4506
9.8/4506= .002174878
now squaroot that and you wil getthe answer which is
(.0466)
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r=5.6/2 = 2.8mi
convert from mi to m use
imi= 1609.34m
2.8mi? =1609.34*2.8=4506.152m
g=v^2/r , g=9.8, making v subject we get
v^2= 9.8*4506.152
v=210.14m/s
but w=v/r
w= 210.14/4506.152=0.047rad/s
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