To impress his friends while riding on a carnival

Ferris wheel, Prankster Paul gets out of his

chair and climbs along the spoke of the wheel

toward its center while the wheel continues in

uniform motion. While climbing toward the

center, Paul's linear speed

A. increases while his angular speed remains

unchanged.

B. decreases while his angular speed remains

unchanged.

C. and his angular speed increase.

D. and his angular speed decrease.

Question

Compton

Physics

25 July, 01:07

To impress his friends while riding on a carnival

Ferris wheel, Prankster Paul gets out of his

chair and climbs along the spoke of the wheel

toward its center while the wheel continues in

uniform motion. While climbing toward the

center, Paul's linear speed

A. increases while his angular speed remains

unchanged.

B. decreases while his angular speed remains

unchanged.

C. and his angular speed increase.

D. and his angular speed decrease.

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Answers (1)

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Jaylen Pearson · Answer 1

B. decreases while his angular speed remains unchanged.

Explanation:

His angular speed will always be the same as the wheel's angular speed, which remains constant as it's in uniform motion. As for linear speed, which is defined as the product of angular speed and distance r to the center of rotation, and his distance to center is decreasing, his linear speed must be decreasing as well.