Assignment:
A student is performing measurements with a hockey puck on a large merry-go-round with a frictionless, horizontal, flat surface end has a constant angular velocity of W(bar) and rotates counter clockwise as seen from above.
Given: the radius of the merry-go-round is R= 1m, W(bar)=1 radian/sec.
Initial position is: x=-.5R, y=0 and the initial direction of Vo is in the +y direction
Inital velocities Vo (m/s):
a)1.5, b).8 c).45 d)..328
i) Find the effective force on the puck after it is given a push in the y direction
ii) Plot the path for the various initial velocities a - d above.