A horizontal platform in the shape of a circular disk rotates on a frictionless bearing about a vertical axle through the center of the disk.The platform has a mass of 150 kg, a radius of 2.0 m, and a rotational inertia of 300 kgm2 about the axis of rotation.A 60 kg student walks slowly from the rim of the platform toward the center. If the angular speed of the system is 1.5 rad/s when the student starts at the rim, what is the angular speed when she is 0.50 m from the center?

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A horizontal platform in the shape of a circular disk rotates on
a frictionless bearing about a vertical axle through the center of the
disk.The platform has a mass of 150 kg, a radius of 2.0 m, and a rotational
inertia of 300 kgm2 about the axis of rotation.A 60 kg student
walks slowly from the rim of the platform toward the center. If the angular
speed of the system is 1.5 rad/s when the student starts at the
rim, what is the angular speed when she is 0.50 m from the center?

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