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A twin-blade aircraft propeller has a mass of 30.0 kg and a radius of 1.50 m. When the aircraft is flying at its top speed of 162 knots the tips of the propeller blades may not move faster than 300 m/s through the air (otherwise they would be travelling supersonically). Determine: 3.1 the maximum safe angular speed of the propeller in rpm; 3.2 the torque the engine must exert on the propeller in order for it to reach this maximum angular speed within 30.0 s of start-up (assuming the angular acceleration remains constant).