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Juan and Kuri are on a carousel. Juan is closer to the center of the carousel than Kuri. Which statement describes their tangential speeds?

Juan and Kuri move the same distance in one revolution, but Juan completes the revolution in less time and has a higher speed.
Juan and Kuri complete one revolution in the same time, but Juan travels a shorter distance and has a lower speed.
Juan moves a shorter distance in less time than Kuri, but their speeds are the same.
Juan and Kuri complete one revolution in the same time, so they have the same speed.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"Juan and Kuri complete one revolution in the same time, but Juan travels a shorter distance and has a lower speed."

Reason: they have the same angular speed (same period), but tangential speed v = ωr, so the person closer to the center (smaller r) has the smaller tangential speed.