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Is the angular speed of rotation of hour hand of a watch greater or smaller than the angular speed of earth's rotation about its axis ?

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The hour hand of a watch takes `12h` to complate one rotation i.e. `T_(1) = 12` hour. And the earth takes `24` hours to rotate once around its axis, i.e. `T_(2) = 24` hour.
As `omega = (2pi)/(T) and T_(1) lt T_(2) :. omega_(1) gt omega_(2)`
i.e., angular speed of hour hand is greater than the angular speed of earth around its axis.
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