A 50.0-kg child stands at the rim of a merry-go-round of radius 2.00 m, rotating with an angular speed of 3.00 rad/s. (a) What is the child’s centripetal acceleration? (Ans : 18.0 m/s2) (b) What is the minimum force between her feet and the floor of the carousel that is required to keep her in the circular path? (Ans : 900 N) (c) What minimum coefficient of static friction is required? Is the answer you found reasonable? In other words, is she likely to stay on the merry-go-round? (Ans : 1.84)