A Child Is Riding on a Merry-Go-Round, Which Is Accelerating

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Short Answer

A child is riding on a merry-go-round, which is accelerating. What is the relationship between the angular speed ω and the angular acceleration α of the merry-go-round when the tangential and centripetal accelerations of the child are equal?

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Definitions:

Justification of Effort

The tendency for individuals to attribute a greater value to an outcome they had to put effort into achieving or acquiring.

Affect Heuristic

The tendency to consult one’s emotions instead of estimating probabilities objectively.

Estimating Probabilities

The process of determining the likelihood of a given outcome or event occurring.

Emotions

Complex psychological states that involve three distinct components: a subjective experience, a physiological response, and a behavioral or expressive response.