You are standing a distance of 17.0 meters from the center of a merry-go-round. the merry-go-round takes 9.50 seconds to go completely around once and you have a mass of 55.0 kg.
a. what will be your speed as you move around the center of the merry-go-round?
b. what will be your centripetal acceleration as you move around the center of the merry-go-round?
c. what will be the magnitude of the centripetal force necessary to keep your body moving around the center of this merry-go-round at the calculated speed?
d. how much frictional force will be applied to you by the surface of the merry-go-round?
e. what is the minimum coefficient of friction between your shoes and the surface of the merry-go-round?