A children's playground merry-go-round consists of a circular platform of radius 2.0 m, which rotates about a central axis. A father, pushing on the outer edge, accelerates the merry-go-round from rest to a final tangential speed of 3.0 m/s in one full revolution. There is a child on the merry-go-round standing half way between the centre and the edge.
A children's playground merry-go-round consists of a circular platform of radius 2.0 m, which rotates about a central axis.
A father, pushing on the outer edge, accelerates the merry-go-round from rest to a final tangential speed of 3.0 m/s in one full revolution. There is a child on the merry-go-round standing half way between the centre and the edge.
a) What is the final
b) What was the average
c) How long did it take the father to get the merry-go-round from rest to the full angular speed?
d) When rotating at the final angular velocity, what is the centripetal acceleration of the child 1.0 m from the centre?
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