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A wheel rolls as shown in the animation (position is given in meters and time is given in seconds). What is the velocity (with respect to the floor) of a point on the edge of the wheel when it is at the highest point? Restart.
Problem authored by Mario Belloni and Wolfgang Christian.
HTML updated for JavaScript by Ricky Davidson.
Physlets were developed at Davidson College and converted from Java to JavaScript
using the
SwingJS
system developed at St. Olaf College.