Multiple Choice
A playground merry-go-round has a radius R and a rotational inertia I. When the merry-go-round is at rest, a child with mass m runs with speed v along a line tangent to the rim and jumps on. The angular velocity of the merry-go-round is then:
A) mv/I
B) v/R
C) mRv/I
D) 2mRv/I
E) mRv/(mR2v + I)
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