Ethan and Rebecca are riding on a merry-go-round. Ethan rides on a horse at the outer rim of the circular platform, twice as far from the center of the circular platform as Rebecca, who rides on an inner horse. When the merry-go-round is rotating at a constant angular speed, what is Ethan’s angular speed? twice Rebecca’s the same as Rebecca’s half of Rebecca’s impossible to determine

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  1. Ethan and Rebecca are riding on a merry-go-round. Ethan rides on a horse at the outer rim of the circular platform, twice as far from the center of the circular platform as Rebecca, who rides on an inner horse.
  2. When the merry-go-round is rotating at a constant angular speed, what is Ethan’s angular speed?
  3. twice Rebecca’s
  4. the same as Rebecca’s
  5. half of Rebecca’s
  6. impossible to determine

 

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