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A playground merry-go-round is set spinning at 0.20 rev/s and then released. It slows to rest in 25 s. (a) Find the average angular acceleration of the merry-go-round during this time. (b) Assuming now that the angular acceleration is constant, how many turns does it make as it comes to rest?
we have initial rotational speed as 0.20 rev/s that means
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average angular acceleration is given by
So average angular acceleration of the merry-go-round is 0.016 rad/s2
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To calculate the number of turn we have
To calculate the number of turns we have to divede the angle with 2
Number of turns are
It will take 2.5 turns to come to rest