At a playground, a 22-kg child sits on a spinning merry-go-round, as shown from above in FIGURE

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At a playground, a 22-kg child sits on a spinning merry-go-round, as shown from above in FIGURE 6-71. The merry-go-round completes one revolution every 6.2 s, and the child sits at a radius of r = 1.4 m.

(a) What is the force of static friction acting on the child?

(b) What is the minimum coefficient of static friction between the child and the merry-go-round to keep the child from slipping?

At a playground, a 22-kg child sits on a spinning
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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