Consider the child's playground merry-go-round wheel. Merry Go Round If the steel disk has mass of...

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Consider the child's playground merry-go-round wheel.

Merry Go Round If the steel disk has mass of 200 kg and a radiusof 2 meters you can make it spin by applying a force to the rim.This torque increases the angular momentum of the disk. Suppose theforce is 20 newtons. How long would you have to apply it to get thewheel spinning 5 times a minute? What would happen to the rate ofspin if you then jumped on the rim of the wheel with your mass of60 kg?

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