A 200-kg, 2.0-m-radius, merry-go-round in the shape of a flat, uniform, circular disk parallel to level ground is rotating at 1.2 cycles/second about an axis through its center of mass and perpendicular to the ground. A 50-kg boy jumps onto the edge of the merry-go round and lands at a fixed point. What is the angular velocity of the merry-go-round after the boy lands on it? Hint:

A 200-kg, 2.0-m-radius, merry-go-round in the shape of a flat, uniform, circular disk parallel to level ground is rotating at 1.2 cycles/second about an axis through its center of mass and perpendicular to the ground. A 50-kg boy jumps onto the edge of the merry-go round and lands at a fixed point. What is the angular velocity of the merry-go-round after the boy lands on it? Hint:

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Chapter11: Angular Momentum

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