A Child Is Riding a Merry-Go-Round That Has an Instantaneous $0.745 \mathrm { rad } / \mathrm { s } ^ { 2 }$

question 18

Multiple Choice

A child is riding a merry-go-round that has an instantaneous angular speed of 1.25 rad/s and an angular acceleration o $0.745 \mathrm { rad } / \mathrm { s } ^ { 2 }$ The child is standing 4.65 m from the center of the
Merry-go-round. What is the magnitude of the linear acceleration of the child?

• A) \(2.58 \mathrm {~m} / \mathrm { s } ^ { 2 }\)
• B) \(4.10 \mathrm {~m} / \mathrm { s } ^ { 2 }\)
• C) \(8.05 \mathrm {~m} / \mathrm { s } ^ { 2 }\)
• D) \(3.46 \mathrm {~m} / \mathrm { s } ^ { 2 }\)
• E) \(7.27 \mathrm {~m} / \mathrm { s } ^ { 2 }\)

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