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A playground merry-go-round is set spinning at 0.20 rev/s and then released. It slows to rest...

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?

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we have initial rotational speed as 0.20 rev/s that means

--------------------------------------- Solution of part (a) ----------------------------------------------

average angular acceleration is given by

So average angular acceleration of the merry-go-round is 0.016 rad/s2

---------------------------------- Solution of part b -------------------------------------------

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


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