10.36 A woman with mass 50 kg is standing on the rim of a large disk that is rotating at 0.50 rev/s about an axis through its center. The disk has mass 110 kg and radius 4.0 m. Calculate the magnitude of the total angular momentum of the woman-disk system. (Assume that you can treat the woman as a point.)

10.36 A woman with mass 50 kg is standing on the rim of a large disk that is rotating at 0.50 rev/s about an axis through its center. The disk has mass 110 kg and radius 4.0 m. Calculate the magnitude of the total angular momentum of the woman-disk system. (Assume that you can treat the woman as a point.)

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Chapter13: Rotation Ii: A Conservation Approach

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