Question

A body covers a semicircle of radius 7cm in 5s .find its linear speed

Answer 1

Ok so we are given the radius of 7cm and time of 5 seconds.

From the data we got we can calculate speed, frequency, perimeter and area of the semicircle.

Let's start with perimeter.

We know that perimeter of circle is $2\pi r$ so the perimeter of semicircle is $\dfrac{2\pi r}{2}$ or simply $\pi r$

So the perimeter is equal to:

$\pi r=\pi\cdot7\approx\boxed{22cm}$

So this is the length of a curve or let's say the distance.

Now let's look at the linear speed $s=\dfrac{d}{t}$ where d is distance and t time.

We know the distance and we know the time.

So let's calculate it.

$s=\dfrac{d}{t}=\dfrac{22}{5}=\boxed{4.4\dfrac{cm}{s}}$

Hope this helps.

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