A 50.0-kg child stands at the rim of a merry-go-round of radius 2.50 m, rotating with an angular speed of 3.20 rad/s.
(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? Is the answer you found reasonable? In other words, is she likely to stay on the merry-go-round? Yes or No
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