Abdul is pushing his 20. kg little brother on a merry go round with a radius of 2.0m. If his little brother is on the edge of the merry go round and has a angular momentum of 360 kg m^2sec. what is his speed?

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Janet Oliver

12 June, 23:26

Abdul is pushing his 20. kg little brother on a merry go round with a radius of 2.0m. If his little brother is on the edge of the merry go round and has a angular momentum of 360 kg m^2sec. what is his speed?

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Devan Barber · Answer 1

Angular momentum = inertia x rad/s = kg-m^2/s

Inertia of little brother = mr^2 = 20 x 2^2 = 80 kg-m^2

360 = 80 x rad/s

360/80 = 4.5 rad/s (angular speed) probably the answer they are looking for.

tangential speed = rad/s x radius = 4.5 x 2 = 9 m/s