uppose a wheel is initially rotating at 10.0 rad/s while undergoing constant angular acceleration reaching a speed of 30.0 rad/s after 36.0 seconds have elapsed. How long after the initial time has the wheel undergone half of the angular displacement that it will have gone through during the entire 36.0-second interval

t = 22.2 s

Explanation:

angular distance covered in the 36.0 s is

θ = ω(avg)t = ½(10.0 + 30.0)36 = 720 radians

720/2 = 360 radians

α = Δω/t = (30 - 10)/36 = 5/9 rad/s²

θ = ω₀t + ½αt²

360 = 10.0t + ½(5/9)t²

   0 = (5/18)t² + 10.0t - 360

   0 = t² + 36t - 1296

t = (-36 ±√(36² - 4(1)(-1296))) / 2

t = (-36 ±√(6480)) / 2

t = -18 ±√1620

we ignore the negative time result as it occurs before we care.

t = -18 + √1620 = 22.249223... s