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daltonest1984

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A child runs and jumps tangentially onto an initially stationary playground merry-go-round. As a result, the merry-go-round begins to turn. Explain in terms of the child-merry-go-round system.
 
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In a particle accelerator, a proton reaches an acceleration of 9.0  1013 m/s2. The mass of a proton is 1.7  10-27 kg. What is the force on the proton?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The child has an initial angular momentum about the center of the merry-go-round. The total angular momentum of the system is conserved, so the merry-go-round must rotate when the child is on it.

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1.5  10-13 N


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