A flywheel is a disk that is 0.3 m in radius and has a mass of 15kg. Mechanical energy can be stored in the flywheel and used rapidly. With what angular speed would you have to spin the flywheel in order to store enough energy to accelerate a 900kg race car from 10m/s to 20m/s?

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A flywheel is a disk that is 0.3 m in radius and has a mass of 15kg. Mechanical energy can be stored in the flywheel and used rapidly. With what angular speed would you have to spin the flywheel in order to store enough energy to accelerate a 900kg race car from 10m/s to 20m/s? 

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