1. Sarah sees a playground merry-go-round platform that has a radius of 3.50m at the bottom of the hill. She gets it rotating up to an angular velocity of 2.5rad/s. The merry-go-round has a moment of inertia = 650kg-m². Assume the motion is constant with no friction. a. What is the angular momentum of the merry-go-round?

1. Sarah sees a playground merry-go-round platform that has a radius of 3.50m at the bottom of the hill. She gets it rotating up to an angular velocity of 2.5rad/s. The merry-go-round has a moment of inertia = 650kg-m². Assume the motion is constant with no friction. a. What is the angular momentum of the merry-go-round?

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Chapter11: Angular Momentum

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