Question

the dogs are at bell's amusement park. maxwell is on the tilt-a-whirl (a merry go round type machine that initially spins horizontally around a vertical axis with passengers pressed against its exterior walls. it does this without passengers falling out.) the tilt-a-whirl is six meters (6m) in diameter. fifty kilogram (50kg) maxwell is 2.0 meters from the tilt-a-whirls center and the coefficient of static friction between the maxwell and the tilt-a-whirls floor is 0.20. the tilt-a-whirl has an old motor and it takes 50 seconds to speed up to 20 rotations per minute (rpm) from zero rpm.

A.) what is the tilt-a-whirl's angular acceleration?

B.) how long from the time rotation starts until maxwell starts to slide to the tilt-a-whirls outer wall?

C.) how many rotations has maxwell traveled through before he slips?

Answer 1