Answer to Face the Music...

     Sometimes you just can't win for losing. Sammy, the organ grinder, fed his monkey a little too well and look what happened! 

     If Sammy's monkey turns the crank on the organ at a constant rotational velocity of 9 radians per second, how many rotations does the handle go through in one minute?

There are 2(pi) radians in one compelete rotation. So...

(9 rad/s)(60 s) = 540 rad

(540 rad) / 6.28 = 86.0 turns in one minute

 
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