an ice skater doing a spin pulls in her arms, decreasing her moment of inertia by a factor of four. How does her angular speed change?
It increase by a factor of four...but why???
thank you!
It increase by a factor of four...but why???
thank you!
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Angular momentum L = I*w
Clearly, if I decreases by a factor of 4, w must increase by the same factor to conserve L.
Clearly, if I decreases by a factor of 4, w must increase by the same factor to conserve L.