Question: Two bugs, Buzz and Krunchy, are standing on a rotating record disk. The bugs have equal mass, m . A . What is the total

Two bugs, Buzz and Krunchy, are standing on a rotating record disk. The bugs have
equal mass, m.
A. What is the total kinetic energy (in terms of ) of Buzz and Krunchy if Krunchy
was positioned on the other side of the record from Buzz?
B. What is the total kinetic energy (in terms of ) of Buzz and Krunchy if Krunchy
climbed a massless ladder to a height h?
C. A horrible person who hates bugs sees Buzz and Krunchy on the record disk. He
squishes the bugs and smears them into rings with radius rB and rC. What is the
total kinetic energy (in terms of ) of squished Buzz and Krunchy?
D. Would the kinetic energy in (a),(b), and/or (c) be different if the axis of rotation
was along the diameter of the disk instead of through the center?

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