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'RPM' is one of many units that can be used to describe angular speed.

Angular speed is (any unit of angle) divided by (any unit of time).

That's exactly what you have in the unit 'RPM'.

'RPM' means "revolutions per minute". "Revolution" is a unit of angle ... it's

exactly 360 degrees ... and "minute" is a unit of time. So RPM is a perfectly

fine unit for measuring/describing angular speed.

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