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Homework Statement
Suppose a 74 kg person stands at the edge of a 6.6 m diameter merry-go-round turntable that is mounted on frictionless bearings and has a moment of inertia of 1820 kg.m^2. The turntable is at rest initially, but when the person begins running at a speed of 4.1 m/s (with respect to the turntable) around its edge, the turntable begins to rotate in the opposite direction.
Part A
Calculate the magnitude of the angular velocity of the turntable.
Homework Equations
conservation of angular momentum
The Attempt at a Solution
this is how i approached it.
initial angular momentum = 0
final anglar momentum = I(\omegaP) - I(\omegaT)
while \omegap = v/r and IP = MR2
MR2V/R - I(\omegaT) = 0
\omegaT = MRV/IT
\omegaT = (74)(3.3)(4.1)/ 1820
\omegaT = 0.55 RAD/S
but due to some reason turns out to be the wrong answer , someone please help ??