On an old-fashioned rotating piano stool, a woman sits holding a pair of dumbbel

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On an old-fashioned rotating piano stool, a woman sits holding a pair of dumbbells at a distance of 0.635m from the axis of rotation of the stool. She is given an angular velocity of 2.70rad/s , after which she pulls the dumbbells in until they are only 0.175m distant from the axis. The woman's moment of inertia about the axis of rotation is 5.25kg?m2 and may be considered constant. Each dumbbell has a mass of 5.40kg and may be considered a point mass. Neglect friction.

What is the initial angular momentum of the system?

Compute the kinetic energy of the system before the dumbbells are pulled in.

Compute the kinetic energy of the system after the dumbbells are pulled in.

Explanation / Answer

let me represent omega (angular velocity) by w

as no external torque is applied to the system,

the Angular Momentum remains conserved.

hence ,

initial momentum = final momentum

I = 5.25kgm

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