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A 62.99 kg woman stands at the rim of a horizontal turntable having a moment of inertia of 495 kg·m^2 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 clockwise (as viewed from above the system) at a constant speed of 1.50 m/s relative to the Earth.

(a) In what direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) and with what angular speed (in rad/s) does the turntable rotate?

(b) How much work (in joules) does the woman do to set herself and the turntable in motion?

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a) The woman and turntable form an isolated system, as there is no external torque being applied on it. Hence, by the law of conservation of angular momentum, the net angular momentum of the system must remain constant. As the woman and the turntable are initially at rest, the initial net angular momentum of the system is ...

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