What torque is required to accelerate a 450 kg merry-go-round with an angular acceleration of 1.6 rad/sec2? Assume that the merry-go-round can be approximated as a uniform disk of radius 6.7 m.   Choices: 92,000 Nm   16,000 Nm

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What torque is required to accelerate a 450 kg merry-go-round with an angular acceleration of 1.6 rad/sec2? Assume that the merry-go-round can be approximated as a uniform disk of radius 6.7 m.

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92,000 Nm  
16,000 Nm
 450 Nm 

 

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