Consider the father pushing a playground merry-go-round in Figure 10.12. He exerts a force of 250 N at the edge of the 50.0-kg merry-go-round, which has a 1.50 m radius. Calculate the angular acceleration produced

(a) When no one is on the merry-go-round and

(b) When an 18.0-kg child sits 1.25 m away from the center. Consider the merry-go-round itself to be a uniform disk with negligible retarding friction.

Strategy

To solve for α, we must first calculate the torque τ(which is the same in both cases) and moment of inertia Ι (which is greater in the second case). To find the torque, we note that the applied force is perpendicular to the radius and friction is negligible, so that

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