A 50.0-kg child stands at the rim of a merry-go-round of radius 2.30 m, rotating with an
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(a) What is the child's centripetal acceleration?
_____ m/s2
(b) What is the minimum force between her feet and the floor of the carousel that is required to keep her in the circular path?
_____ N
(c) What minimum coefficient of static friction is required?
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Fundamentals of Physics
ISBN: 978-0471758013
8th Extended edition
Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick
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