A 50.0 kg child stands at the rim of a merry-go-round of radius 1.70 m, rotating with an angular speed of 2.95 rad/s. (a) What is the child's centripetal acceleration?  m/s2 (b) What is the minimum force between her feet and the floor of the carousel that is required to keep her in the circular path?  N (c) What minimum coefficient of static friction is required? Is the answer you found reasonable? In other words, is she likely to stay on the merry-go-round?

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A 50.0 kg child stands at the rim of a merry-go-round of radius 1.70 m, rotating with an angular speed of 2.95 rad/s.

(a) What is the child's centripetal acceleration?
 m/s2

(b) What is the minimum force between her feet and the floor of the carousel that is required to keep her in the circular path?
 N

(c) What minimum coefficient of static friction is required?

Is the answer you found reasonable? In other words, is she likely to stay on the merry-go-round?
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