Question: 1 0 . A child standing on a rotating carousel at a distance ( R ) from the center walks slowly inward until

10. A child standing on a rotating carousel at a distance \( R \) from the center walks slowly inward until she's a distance \( R /2\) from the center. Compared to her original centripetal acceleration, her acceleration is now
A. half as great.
B. twice as great.
C.\(\sqrt{2}\) times as great.
D. unchanged.
1 0 . A child standing on a rotating carousel at

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