Which person has a higher linear velocity?

A playground merry go round makes 1 rotation every 5 seconds. Passenger A is standing 1 meter away from the center of the ride. Passenger B is standing 2 meters away from the center of the ride.

1 Answer
May 12, 2018

person B

Explanation:

v=omegar

where :

v is linear velocity
omega is angular speed
r is distance from the centre.

Therefore, for the same angular speed,

vpropr

So since B is further from the centre, they will have a higher speed.