A 40.0-kg child running at 3.00 m/s suddenly jumps onto 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 just before jumping on. The moment of inertia about its axis of rotation is 600 kg • m2 and very little friction at its rotation axis. What is the angular speed of the merry-go-round just after the child has jumped onto it?

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Answer:

0.26087 rad/s

Explanation:

mass of the child (m) = 40 kg

velocity (v) = 3 m/s

distance (r) = 1.5 m

moment of inertia (I) = 600 kg.m^{2}

rotational momentum of the child = Iω

where

  • moment of inertia of the child (I) = [tex]mr^{2}[/tex] = 40 x 1.5 x 1.5 = 90 kg/m^{2}
  • angular velocity (ω) = velocity / distance = 3 / 1.5 = 2 rad/s

rotational momentum of the child = Iω = 90 x 2 = 180 kg[tex]m^{2}[/tex]/s

from the conservation of momentum the initial momentum of the child must be the same as the final momentum of the child

initial momentum of the child = final momentum of the child

180 = (90 + 600) ω

180 = 690 ω

ω = 180 / 690 = 0.26087 rad/s

The angular or rotational momentum is the conserved quantity that has both magnitude and direction. It is given by:

[tex]\rm L = mvr[/tex]

Where,

L = rotational/angular momentum, m = mass, v = velocity and r = radius

The angular speed will be 0.26087 rad/s.

The speed can be estimated as:

Given,

  • Mass of the child (m) = 40 kg

  • Velocity (v) = [tex]3 \rm \;m/s[/tex]

  • Distance (r) = 1.5 m

  • Moment of inertia (I) = [tex]600 \;\rm kgm^{2}[/tex]

Rotational momentum is calculated by .

Where,

  • Moment of inertia of the child (I) = [tex]\rm mr^{2}[/tex]

[tex]\begin{aligned}&= 40 \times (1.5)^{2} \\&= 90 \rm kg/m^{2}\end{aligned}[/tex]

  • Angular velocity (ω) = [tex]\rm \dfrac{velocity}{distance}[/tex]

[tex]\begin{aligned}&= \dfrac{3 }{1.5} \\&= 2 \rm rad/s\end{aligned}[/tex]

Rotational momentum of the child =

[tex]\begin{aligned} \rm I\omega &= 90 \times 2 \\\\&= 180 \;\rm kgm^{2}/s\end{aligned}[/tex]

The final and the initial momentum would be the same according to the conservation law.

Initial momentum = Final momentum

180 = (90 + 600) ω

180 = 690 ω

Solving further:

[tex]\begin{aligned}\omega &= \dfrac{180}{690}\\\\&= 0.26087 \;\rm rad/s\end{aligned}[/tex]

Therefore, 0.26087 rad/s is the angular speed.

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