Answer:
The speed of the top of the wheel is twice the speed of the car.
That is: 72 m/s
Explanation:
To find the speed of the top of the wheel, we need to combine to velocities: the tangential velocity of the rotating wheel due to rotational motion [tex](v_t=\omega\,R=\omega\,(0.25\,m)\,)[/tex] - with [tex]\omega[/tex] being the wheel's angular velocity,
plus the velocity due to the translation of the center of mass (v = 36 m/s).
The wheel's angular velocity (in radians per second) can be obtained using the tangential velocity for the pure rotational motion and it equals:[tex]\omega=\frac{v_t}{r} =\frac{36}{0.25} \,s^{-1}[/tex]
Then the addition of these two velocities equals:
[tex]\omega\,R+v=\frac{36}{0.25} (0.25)\,\,\frac{m}{s} +36\,\,\frac{m}{s} =72\,\,\frac{m}{s}[/tex]
