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1) A merry-go-round is a common piece of playground equipment. A 3.0-m-diameter merry-go-round with a mass of 250 kg is spinning at 20 rpm. John runs tangent to the merry-go-round at 5.0 m/s, in the same direction that it is turning, and jumps onto the outer edge. John's mass is 30 kg. What is the merry-go-round's angular velocity, in rpm, after John jumps on?
i know how to solve it i could find the moment of inertia for john but i don't think that is easy to do. since the rotation is about an axis of symmetry, the angular momentum L = I*omega is parallel to omega. so all of the angular momentums will be the same. i had L_final = I_disk*omega_f + I_john*omega_f = L_i = I_disk*omega_i.
but again I am not sure how to find the moment of inertia for john or even if this is the correct method to go about this.
2) A 10 g bullet traveling at 400 m/s strikes a 10 kg, 1.0-m-wide door at the edge opposite the hinge. The bullet embeds itself in the door, causing the door to swing open. What is the angular velocity of the door just after impact?
i know this is an inelastic collision and i could find the velocity of the door after the impact but am not sure how to find the angular velocity since it is connected to the door.
any help appreciated.
i know how to solve it i could find the moment of inertia for john but i don't think that is easy to do. since the rotation is about an axis of symmetry, the angular momentum L = I*omega is parallel to omega. so all of the angular momentums will be the same. i had L_final = I_disk*omega_f + I_john*omega_f = L_i = I_disk*omega_i.
but again I am not sure how to find the moment of inertia for john or even if this is the correct method to go about this.
2) A 10 g bullet traveling at 400 m/s strikes a 10 kg, 1.0-m-wide door at the edge opposite the hinge. The bullet embeds itself in the door, causing the door to swing open. What is the angular velocity of the door just after impact?
i know this is an inelastic collision and i could find the velocity of the door after the impact but am not sure how to find the angular velocity since it is connected to the door.
any help appreciated.