A disk initially at rest is fixed to a vertical axis of rotation and a 40 kg child is standing on the disk initially at rest 0.5 meters away from the axis of rotation. The rotational inertia of the disk is 50 kgm2. The boy pushes and jumps off the disk and the disk begins to rotate at 0.5 rad/s. Calculate the velocity of the child as they push off the disk. (The rotational inertia of the boy is mr2)

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A disk initially at rest is fixed to a vertical axis of rotation and a 40 kg child is standing on the disk initially at rest 0.5 meters away from the axis of rotation. The rotational inertia of the disk is 50 kgm2. The boy pushes and jumps off the disk and the disk begins to rotate at 0.5 rad/s. Calculate the velocity of the child as they push off the disk. (The rotational inertia of the boy is mr2)
 
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