Jumping Off a Merry-Go-Round

• Terrence Toepker ^[1]
  1. [1] Xavier University

     Xavier University

     City of Cincinnati, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 60, Nº. 3, 2022, págs. 176-178
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • How many vertical jumps does it take to jump off of a rotating merry-go-round (MGR)? The answer is hidden in the expression: rn = r0 (1 + β2)n/2. When you make a vertical jump on a train moving on a straight line at constant speed (inertial frame), you land on the same spot. Not so on a MGR!