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A merry-go-round is a common piece of playground equipment. A 3.0-m-diameter merry-go-round with a mass of 250 kg is spinning at 20 rpm. John runs tangent to the merry-go-round
at 5.0 m/s, in the same direction that it is turning, and jumps onto the outer edge. John’s mass is 30 kg. What is the merry-goround’s angular velocity, in rpm, after John jumps on?

Short Answer

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After John jumps on the angular velocity is 25.37 rpm

Step by step solution

01

Given information

Mass of merry go round (M) =250 kg

Speed of merry go round =20 rpm

Diameter of merry go round = 3m

So radius =1.5 m
Mass of John =30 kg

Speed of John = 5m/s

02

Explanation

First find the Moment of inertia of merry go round

I=12MR2..........................................(1)

So the momentum of the merry go round is

⇒Lm=IӬ=12MR2(Ӭ)...............................(2)

Substitute the given value to get the momentum

Lm=IÓ¬=12(250kg)(1.5m)2(2.093rad/sec)=588.656kgm2/sec...........(3)

Angular momentum of John

Lj=mVR2........................(4)

Substitute the values we get

Lj=mVR2=(30kg)(5m/s)(1.5m)2=337.5kgm2/sec..........(5)

Now find total angular momentum
Total angular momentum = Angular momentum of merry go round + angular momentum of John

Ltotal=Lm+Lj⇒Ltotal=588.656kgm2sec+337.5kgm2sec⇒Ltotal=926.55kgm2/sec

We know L = IÓ¬

Lets find inertia

Itotal=12MR2+mR2...........................(6)

We can find the angular velocity by substituting values in equation (6)

Ó¬total=Ltotal12MR2+mR2Ó¬total=926.55kgm2sec12(250kg)(1.5m)2+(30kg)(1.5m)2Ó¬total=2.656rad/secÓ¬total=25.37rpm

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