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Homework Statement
Centrifugal castings- a copper sleeve of inner radius 2.10 cm and outer radius 2.20 cm is to be cast. To eliminate bubbles and give high structural integrity, the centripetal acceleration of each bit of metal should be 100g. What rate of rotation is required? State answer in revolutions per minute.
Homework Equations
r=radius, ac=centripetal acceleration, ω=angular speed, g=gravity.What I have right now is: ac=rω2, so every particle must undergo 100g of acceleration giving ac=100g or rω2=100g reduced to;
ω=√100(9.8m/s)/2.10 x 10-2m
the conversion factor will be the answer in rads/s (1rev/2π)(60s/1min)
The Attempt at a Solution
My problem is converting this into radians per second then into rpm's. I am not looking for the answwer per say, but how to put this into my Ti-83 plus and doing the math. I also need to be able to show my work in long hand and just throwing out an answer will not work. I tried using the r from the angle setting and using both radians and degree mode, I looked in the manual but it use of no use. I am sure I am just overlooking something simple, any help would be great.
Thanks and have a great day.