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Old_comfy_shoes t1_j5sazqq wrote

Reply to comment by colcob in If I had two cups of water, one normal size and one as big as a swimming pool and stirred them both with proportionally sized spoons, would the larger pool of water keep spiraling longer than the smaller? by r3volc

Wdym by rotational rate? You mean equivalent tangential velocity of the spoon going around?

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colcob t1_j5sdytd wrote

So by rotational rate i mean the angular velocity, ie. degrees per second, RPM, not the tangential velocity.

I guess I would stir a cup of about 1 revolution per second, so I'm imagining that if you stir the swimming pool cup at 1 revolution per second, the water's going pretty damn fast at the edge!

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