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Any takers? A child (mc = 43 kg) is playing on a merry-go-round (mm = 250 kg, R = 2.3 m) that is initially at rest. The child then jumps off in a direction tangent to the edge of the merry-go-round as shown in the figure below. The child has a speed of 5.0 m/s just before she lands on the ground What is the magnitude of the final angular velocity of the merry-go-round?

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