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Section 2: Farm Machinery

Farm Machinery

Subtopic: Centrifugal Fertilizer Spreaders

Question Statement:

A spinning disc fertilizer broadcaster has a spinning disc of diameter 50 cm operating at 540 rpm. The tangential velocity of fertilizer granules leaving the disc periphery (in m/s) is:

Answer Key:

14.1

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

$v = \pi D N = \pi \times 0.50\text{ m} \times \frac{540}{60}\text{ rps} = 4.5\pi \approx 14.14\text{ m/s}$.
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