Imagine sitting on a steadily spinning merry-go-round

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Imagine sitting on a steadily spinning merry-go-round, neither speeding up nor slowing down. Like all physics students, you have an identical twin, and your twin is sitting on the merry-go-round, but closer to the center than you. Which of you, if either, has the greater speed? Explain Which of you, if either, has the greater angular speed?

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