Merry-go-rounds are a common ride in park play-grounds. The ride is a horizontal disk that rotates about a vertical axis at their center. A rider sits at the outer edge of the disk and holds onto a metal bar while someone pushes on the ride to make it rotate. Suppose that a typical time for one rotation is 6.0 s and the diameter of the ride is 16 ft.
A) For this typical time, what is the speed of the rider in m/s?
B) What is the rider's radial acceleration, in m/s?
C) What is the rider's radial acceleration if the time for one rotation is halved?

Respuesta :

A)The speed of the rider is 2.6m/s

B)The rider's radial acceleration is  [tex]2.75m/s^2[/tex]

C)The radial acceleration when the time for one rotation is halved is [tex]10.7 m/s^2[/tex]

Explanation:

Time for one rotation t=6s

[tex]diamter\ of\ the\ ride=16\ feet=16\times 0.3048=4.9 m\\radius\ r=diameter/2=4.9/2=2.45 m[/tex]

speed is the rate of change of distance with time.

to calculate the distance we have to find the circumference of the ride

A)[tex]circumference=2\pi r=2\times3.14\times 2.45\\=15.4\\speed\ of\ the\ ride\ v=circumference/time=15.4/6=2.6m/s[/tex]

B)

[tex]radial\ acceleration=v^2/r\\=2.6^2/2.45=2.75 m/s^2[/tex]

C)If the time of rotation is halved, speed/velocity as well as the radial acceleration changes.

new time t'=3s

new velocity v'=circumference/t'=15.4/3=5.13 m/s[tex]new\ radial\ acceleration=v'^2/r=5.13^2/2.45=10.7m/s^2[/tex]

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According to the question, the speed of the rider are as follows:-

The time required for one rotation is 6seconds, the radius of merry go round is 2.45m/s because the diameter of the merry go round is:-

[tex]16 *0.3048 = 4.9m[/tex]

To calculate the speed, we have to find the circumference of the merry go round,

Then, [tex]2\pi r= 2*3.14*2.45 =15.4[/tex] m

Hence, speed is [tex]\frac{15.4}{6} = 2.6m/s[/tex]

The change in velocity is defined as the accerlation. The formula for the radial acceleration is :-[tex]\frac{v^2}{r}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{2.6^2}{2.45} =2.75m/s[/tex]

The acceleration for the new velocity is:-

[tex]\frac{15.4}{3} =5.13m/s[/tex]

[tex]hence,\ acceleration \ is \frac{v^2}{r}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{5.13^2}{2.45}[/tex] =10.7m/s

These are the answer to the question.

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