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A girl of mass 50.6 kg stands on the edge of a frictionless merry-go-round of mass 827 kg and radius 3.72 m that is not moving. She throws a 1. 13-kg rock in a horizontal direction that is tangent to the outer edge of the merry-go-round. The speed of the rock, relative to the ground, is 7.82 m/s. Calculate (a) the angular speed of the merry-go-round and (b) the linear speed of the girl after the rock is thrown. Assume that the merry-go-round is a uniform disk.

A girl of mass 50.6 kg stands on the edge of a frictionless merry-go-round of mass 827 kg and radius 3.72 m that is not moving. She throws a 1. 13-kg rock in a horizontal direction that is tangent to the outer edge of the merry-go-round. The speed of the rock, relative to the ground, is 7.82 m/s. Calculate (a) the angular speed of the merry-go-round and (b) the linear speed of the girl after the rock is thrown. Assume that the merry-go-round is a uniform disk.

Grade:upto college level

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Deepak Patra
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