A merry-go-round is a common piece of playground equipment. A 3.0-m-diameter merry-go-round with a mass of 300 kg is spinning at 16 rpm . John runs tangent to the merry-go-round at 5.4 m/s , in the same direction that it is turning, and jumps onto the outer edge. John's mass is 30 kg. What is. What is the merry-go-round's angular velocity, in rpm, after John jumps on?

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Answer:

[tex]W_s = 19.05 rpm[/tex]    

Explanation:

For answer this we will use the law of the conservation of the angular momentum L where:

[tex]L_i = L_f[/tex]

First, the important data is:

[tex]M_t = 300 kg[/tex]  (mass of the merry-go-round)

[tex]R_ t = 1.5 m[/tex]     (radius of the merry-go-round)

[tex]W_t = 16 rpm = 1.675 rad/s[/tex] (angular velocity of the merry-go-round)

[tex]V_j =5.4m/s [/tex] (velocity od jhon)

[tex]M_j = 30 kg[/tex]  (mass of jhon)

Then,

[tex]L_i = L_f[/tex]

[tex]I_tW_t + M_jV_jR_t = I_sW_s[/tex]

where [tex]I_s[/tex] is the moment of inerta after jhon jumps on, [tex]I_t[/tex]  is the moment of inertia of the merry-go-round and [tex]W_s[/tex] is the angular velocity of the merry-go-round after jhon jumps on.

So, we have to find the moment of inertia of the merry-go-round as:

[tex]I_t = \frac{1}{2}M_tR_t^2[/tex]

[tex]I_t = \frac{1}{2}(300)(1.5)^2[/tex]

[tex]I_t = 337.5 kg*m^2[/tex]

Now we have to find[tex]I_s[/tex] as:

[tex]I_s = I_t + M_jR_t^2[/tex]

[tex]I_s = 337.5 + (30)(1.5)^2[/tex]

[tex]I_s = 405 kg*m^2[/tex]

Then, we replace the data on the initial equation and we get:

[tex](337.5)(1.675) + (30)(5.4)(1.5) = (405)W_s[/tex]

Solving for [tex]W_s[/tex]:

[tex]W_s = 1.995 rad/s[/tex]

Finally, we change it to rpm as:

[tex]W_s = 19.05 rpm[/tex]      

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