What is the ratio of angular velocity of the second hand to the minute hand to the hour hand in a wall clock ?

• The second hand turns at the rate of 2Pi radians per minute which is 2Pi/60 radians per second or Pi/30 radians per second.
  
  Linear velocity is:
  
  v = rw
  
  where r is the radius and w is the angular velocity in radians per second
  
  r = 10 inches or 0.254 meters
  
  w = Pi/30
  
  So v = 0.254 x Pi /30 = 0.027 meters per second
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