Consider two children riding on the merry-go-round Child 1 sits near the edge, child 2 sits closer to the centre.
Let $v_{1} a n d v_{2}$ denote the linear speed of child 1 and child 2, respectively. Which of the following is true?

v_{1} > v_{2}

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v_{1} = v_{2}

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v_{1} < v_{2}

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Solution

The correct option is A $v_{1} > v_{2}$
Let angular velocity of system be $ω$ .
As linear speed is $R ω$
so, $v_{1} > v_{2}$

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Consider two children riding on the merry-go-round Child 1 sits near the edge, child 2 sits closer to the centre.Let v1andv2 denote the linear speed of child 1 and child 2, respectively. Which of the following is true?

The correct option is A v1>v2Let angular velocity of system be ω.As linear speed is Rωso, v1>v2

Consider two children riding on the merry-go-round Child 1 sits near the edge, child 2 sits closer to the centre.
Let $v_{1} a n d v_{2}$ denote the linear speed of child 1 and child 2, respectively. Which of the following is true?

The correct option is A $v_{1} > v_{2}$
Let angular velocity of system be $ω$ .
As linear speed is $R ω$
so, $v_{1} > v_{2}$