Texts: A merry-go-round is initially at rest, has a radius of 2.1 m, and a mass of 125 kg. A child of mass 34 kg sits on the very edge of the merry-go-round while another child exerts a constant force of 10 N to the outside of the merry-go-round in the clockwise direction tangential to the merry-go-round.
(a) What is the moment of inertia of the merry-go-round? (Hint: treat it as a disk/cylinder.)
(b) What is the moment of inertia of the child? (Hint: he is much smaller than the radius of the merry-go-round and thus can be treated as a point mass.)
(c) What is the net torque on the merry-go-round?
(d) What is the angular acceleration of the merry-go-round/child system?
(e) How long does it take the child to travel a physical distance of 100 m? What is his angular displacement at this time?
(f) What is the angular velocity at this time?