Rolling Motion
The centre of a wheel rolling on a plane surface moves with a speed v0. A particle on the rim of the wheel at the same level as the centre will be moving at a speed . Then the value of x is _____________.
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Answer: 02
- Rim point at centre level: translational (horizontal) plus rotational (vertical).
- These are perpendicular, so speed .
- So .