A Playground Merry-Go-Round Has a Radius of 3

question 21

Multiple Choice

A playground merry-go-round has a radius of 3.0 m and a rotational inertia of 600 kg .m². It is initially spinning at 0.80 rad/s when a 20-kg child crawls from the center to the rim. When the child reaches the rim the angular velocity of the merry-go-round is:

• A) 0.62 rad/s
• B) 0.73 rad/s
• C) 0.80 rad/s
• D) 0.89 rad/s
• E) 1.1 rad/s

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