Question: In a playground, there is a small merry - go - round of radius 1 . 2 0 m and mass 1 6 0 kg

In a playground, there is a small merry-go-round of radius 1.20 m and mass 160 kg. Its radius of gyration is 91.0 cm.(Radius of gyration k is defined by the expression I=Mk2.) A child of mass 44.0 kg runs at a speed of 2.00 m/s along a path that is tangent to the rim of the initially stationary merry-go-round and then jumps on. Neglect friction between the bearings and the shaft of the merry-go-round. Calculate the following:
(a) the rotational inertia of the merry-go-round about its axis of rotation
kg*m2
(b) the magnitude of the angular momentum of the child, while running, about the axis of rotation of the merry-go-round and
kg*m2/s
(c) the angular speed of the merry-go-round and child after the child has jumped on.
rad/s

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