Question

the girl is walking across a merry go round along the direction shown in the figure. she is walking at a constant speed u with respect to the merry go riund that is undergoing a fixed axis rotation about its center with a constant angular velocity w counterclockwise. when the girl is at a position shown in the bottom figure, is there any force (s) acting on her when viewed from above? if your answer is no, write it and explain why? if your answer is yes, write it and explain why and draw the forces

Answer 1

Kindly Upload the figure of the question without which the question cannot be answered as it is based on the position of the girl.

But I am describing the concept of the problem that is the girl will have a force i.e. centripetal force towards the centre of the Merry Go Round as you are viewing from above that is Earths Frame of reference which is an inertial frame of reference.

(Also f you look at the same problem by chosing merry go round as your frame of reference then a fictitious or psedo force will be acting on the girl away from the centre which is known as centrifugal force.)