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A 5.5 kg cat is near the edge of a 6.5 m diameter merry-go-round a playground. A man pushes and accelerates the merry-go-round from rest at a uniform rate of 0.55 rad/s². The cat clings tighter and tighter, but can only hold on with 180 N of force and eventually flies off. At what tangential velocity will the cat fly off? This occurs when the needed centripetal force exceeds what the cat's claws can supply. Vt = What is the angular velocity at this point? @= t= How long did it take for the merry go round to get up to this speed? 8- m/s How far did the merry-go-round rotate before the cat flew off? rad/s ac " How many rotations did the merry-go-round make at this point? rad at " What was the centripetal acceleration of the cat just before flying off? rotations m/s² What was the tangential acceleration of the cat the entire time it was speeding up? m/s²