A playground merry-go-round with a radius of 1.8 m and a rotational inertia of 120 kg m2 is stationary.
A child with a mass of 25 kg gets on and walks around the edge of the merry-go-round. How many revolutions around the merry-go-round must the child make in order for the merry-go-round to make one full revolution?
A)
2.5 revolutions
B)
1.5 revolutions
C)
3.0 revolutions
D)
1.0 revolutions
E)
2.0 revolutions
Question 2
Kepler's third law can be used to compare the Moon's orbit around the Earth to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false