A 54.0-kg woman stands at the western rim of a horizontal turntable having a moment of inertia of 520 kg · m2 and a radius of 2.00 m. The turntable is initially at rest and is free to rotate about a frictionless, vertical axle through its center. The woman then starts walking around the rim counterclockwise (as viewed from above the system) at a constant speed of 1.50 m/s relative to the Earth. Consider the woman-turntable system as motion begins.
(a) Is the mechanical energy of the system constant?
Yes
No
(b) Is the momentum of the system constant?
Yes
No
(c) Is the angular momentum of the system constant?
Yes
No
(d) In what direction and with what angular speed does the turntable rotate?
magnitude rad/s
direction
(e) How much chemical energy does the woman's body convert into mechanical energy of the woman-turntable system as the woman sets herself and the turntable into motion?
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