A band belt is used to control the speed of a flywheel as shown. Determine the magnitude of the couple being applied to the flywheel knowing that the coefficient of kinetic friction between the belt and the flywheel is 0.25 and that the flywheel is rotating clockwise at a constant speed. Show that the same result is obtained if the flywheel rotates counterclockwise.

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4 in. 4 in. 7.5 in. 16 in. P= 25 lb