A bicycle has wheels of radius 0.32 m. Each wheel has a rotational inertia of 0.080 kgm2

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A bicycle has wheels of radius 0.32 m. Each wheel has a rotational inertia of 0.080 kg·m2 about its axle. The total mass of the bicycle including the wheels and the rider is 79 kg. When coasting at constant speed, what fraction of the total kinetic energy of the bicycle (including rider) is the rotational kinetic energy of the wheels?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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