A 40.0-kg child running at a speed 3.00 m/s jumps on a stationary playground merry-go-round at a distance 1.50 m from the axis of rotation of the merry-go-round

The child is traveling tangential to the edge of the merry-go-round which has a 600 kg?m2 moment of inertia about its axis of rotation as she is running. What is the angular speed of the merry-go-round after the child jumps on it?
A)

0.788 rad/s

B)

0.261 rad/s

C)

6.28 rev/s

D)

2.00 rad/s

E)

3.14 rev/s


B

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