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A hammer thrower spins with an angular velocity of 1200°/s. The distance from his axis of rotation to the hammer head is 1.2 m. What is the centripetal acceleration of the hammer head? What is the linear velocity of the hammer head? *Convert 1200 degrees/s to rad/s.  1200 / 57.3 = 20.94 rad/s

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