A merry-go-round is spinning at a rate of 3.03.0 revolutions per minute. Cora is sitting 0.50.5 m from the center of the merry-go-round and Cameron is sitting right on the edge, 2.0 m from the center. What is the relationship between the rotational speeds of the two children?   a. Cameron's rotational speed is four times as much as Cora's rotational speed. b. Cora's rotational speed is four times as much as Cameron's rotational speed. c. Cora's rotational speed is the same as Cameron's rotational speed. d. Cameron's rotational speed is double Cora's rotational speed. e. Cora's rotational speed is double Cameron's rotational speed.   What is the relationship between the tangential speeds of the two children? a. Cora's tangential speed is four times as much as Cameron's rotational speed. b. Cora's tangential speed is double Cameron's tangential speed. c. Cameron's tangential speed is four times Cora's tangential speed. d. Cora's tangential speed is the same as Cameron's tangential speed. e. Cameron's tangential speed is double Cora's tangential speed.

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A merry-go-round is spinning at a rate of 3.03.0 revolutions per minute. Cora is sitting 0.50.5 m from the center of the merry-go-round and Cameron is sitting right on the edge, 2.0 m from the center.
What is the relationship between the rotational speeds of the two children?
 
a. Cameron's rotational speed is four times as much as Cora's rotational speed.
b. Cora's rotational speed is four times as much as Cameron's rotational speed.
c. Cora's rotational speed is the same as Cameron's rotational speed.
d. Cameron's rotational speed is double Cora's rotational speed.
e. Cora's rotational speed is double Cameron's rotational speed.
 

What is the relationship between the tangential speeds of the two children?

a. Cora's tangential speed is four times as much as Cameron's rotational speed.

b. Cora's tangential speed is double Cameron's tangential speed.

c. Cameron's tangential speed is four times Cora's tangential speed.

d. Cora's tangential speed is the same as Cameron's tangential speed.

e. Cameron's tangential speed is double Cora's tangential speed.

 
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