Back to 11.3 Conservation of Angular Momentum

11.3 Exercise 27

Avg difficulty 2.5

A ride at a carnival has four spokes to which pods are attached that can hold two people. The spokes are each 15 m long and are attached to a central axis. Each spoke has mass 200.0 kg, and the pods each have mass 100.0 kg. If the ride spins at 0.2 rev/s with each pod containing two 50.0-kg children, what is the new spin rate if all the children jump off the ride?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 11.3 Conservation of Angular Momentum, exercise 27

AI Tutor