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It has been suggested that rotating cylinders about 12.5 mi long and 6.25 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 on Earth?

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Answer:

w = 0.0436 rad/s

Explanation:

Radius of the cylinder is

3.125 * 1609m/mile = 5028 m

Using the angular acceleration formula, we have

a = v²/r = w²r.

Since we're interested in the angular speed, we make w the subject of the formula, so that

w² = a/r

w = √a/r

w = √(9.8/5028)

W = √0.0019049

w = 0.0436 rad/s

Then we can conclude that the angular speed of the rotation is w = 0.0436 rad/s

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