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What is the ratio of the angular speed of the second hand to the angular speed of the hour hand on a clock?

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(c) 720:1\text{(c) } 720:1

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  1. Calculate the angular speed of the second hand.

    The second hand completes one full revolution (2π2\pi radians) in 60 seconds.
    The time period for the second hand is Ts=60T_s = 60 seconds.
    The angular speed ωs\omega_s is given by:

    ωs=2πTs=2π60 rad/s\omega_s = \frac{2\pi}{T_s} = \frac{2\pi}{60} \text{ rad/s}
  2. Calculate the angular speed of the hour hand.

    The hour hand completes one full revolution (2π2\pi radians) in 12 hours.
    First, convert 12 hours to seconds:

    Th=12 hours×60 minutes/hour×60 seconds/minuteT_h = 12 \text{ hours} \times 60 \text{ minutes/hour} \times 60 \text{ seconds/minute} Th=12×3600 seconds=43200 secondsT_h = 12 \times 3600 \text{ seconds} = 43200 \text{ seconds}

    The angular speed ωh\omega_h is given by:

    ωh=2πTh=2π43200 rad/s\omega_h = \frac{2\pi}{T_h} = \frac{2\pi}{43200} \text{ rad/s}
  3. Calculate the ratio of the angular speed of the second hand to the angular speed of the hour hand.

    ωsωh=2π602π43200\frac{\omega_s}{\omega_h} = \frac{\frac{2\pi}{60}}{\frac{2\pi}{43200}} ωsωh=2π60×432002π\frac{\omega_s}{\omega_h} = \frac{2\pi}{60} \times \frac{43200}{2\pi} ωsωh=4320060\frac{\omega_s}{\omega_h} = \frac{43200}{60} ωsωh=43206\frac{\omega_s}{\omega_h} = \frac{4320}{6} ωsωh=720\frac{\omega_s}{\omega_h} = 720

    The ratio is 720:1720:1.

    The final answer is (c) 720:1\text{(c) } 720:1.

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