A 50-M Radius Playground Merry-Go-Round with a Moment of Inertia of of 2000

question 68

Multiple Choice

A 5.0-m radius playground merry-go-round with a moment of inertia of 2000 kg ∙ m² is rotating freely with an angular speed of 1.0 rad/s.Two people,each of mass 60 kg,are standing right outside the edge of the merry-go-round and suddenly step onto the edge with negligible speed relative to the ground.What is the angular speed of the merry-go-round right after the two people have stepped on?

• A)0.20 rad/s
• B)0.40 rad/s
• C)0.60 rad/s
• D)0.80 rad/s
• E)0.67 rad/s

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