A frisbee’s stability is maintained by its angular momentum. A 175gram frisbee with a diameter of 12inches is thrown with an angular velocity of 5rev/s . Assume the frisbee can be modeled as a flat solid disk. Find the magnitude of the angular momentum vector.

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A frisbee’s stability is maintained by its angular momentum. A 175gram frisbee with a diameter of 12inches
is thrown with an angular velocity of 5rev/s . Assume the frisbee can be modeled as a flat solid disk.

Find the magnitude of the angular momentum vector. 

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