A children's playground merry-go-round consists of a circular platform of radius 2.0 m, which rotates about a central axis. A father, pushing on the outer edge, accelerates the merry-go-round from rest to a final tangential speed of 3.0 m/s in one full revolution. There is a child on the merry-go-round standing half way between the centre and the edge.

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A children's playground merry-go-round consists of a circular platform of radius 2.0 m, which rotates about a central axis.

A father, pushing on the outer edge, accelerates the merry-go-round from rest to a final tangential speed of 3.0 m/s in one full revolution. There is a child on the merry-go-round standing half way between the centre and the edge.


a) What is the final angular velocity of the merry-go-round?


b) What was the average angular acceleration of the merry-go-round during the push?


c) How long did it take the father to get the merry-go-round from rest to the full angular speed?


d) When rotating at the final angular velocity, what is the centripetal acceleration of the child 1.0 m from the centre?

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