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In the earlier example given, was treated the merry-go-round plus child as a system (shown in the given figure) whose angular momentum is conserved. The merry-go-round is initially at rest, so its initial angular momentum is zero, but at the end it is rotating, so its final angular momentum is nonzero. The angular momentum of the merry-go-round alone thus changes, which can only happen if there is a torque on the merry-go-round. What force provides this torque?

(a) The force of gravity on the merry-go-round

(b) The force of air drag on the merry-go-round

(c) The force produced by the child when she jumps off

(d) The force of friction at the axle of the merry-go-round

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Consider the merry-go-round and the child as a closed system. We see that initially the system has zero angular momentum because it is at rest. Now when the system is moving, that is, the merry-go-round with the child is moving, the final angular momentum is nonzero and changing.

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