A little girl is going on the merry-go-round for the first time, and wants her 51 kg mother to stand next to her on the ride, 2.7 m from the merry-go-round's center. Part A If her mother's speed is 5.0 m/s when the ride is in motion, what is her angular momentum around the center of the merry-go-round

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Melvin Rogers

Physics

14 October, 09:59

A little girl is going on the merry-go-round for the first time, and wants her 51 kg mother to stand next to her on the ride, 2.7 m from the merry-go-round's center. Part A If her mother's speed is 5.0 m/s when the ride is in motion, what is her angular momentum around the center of the merry-go-round

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Georgia Castaneda · Answer 1

686.70 kg m² / s

Explanation:

L = m * r²

= 51 * 2.7²

= 371.79 kg m²

w = v/r

= 5.0 m/s / 2.7 m

= 1.85 rev/sec

The momentum = I * w

= 371.79 * 1.85

= 686.70 kg m² / s