Wilhelmina is an avid ice skater who is also taking physics with
her friend Darcy. Wilhelmina is having a discussion with Darcy and
is trying to relate her skating experience to the discussions in
class about rotational kinetic energy and angular momentum.
Darcy reminds Wilhelmina that the instantaneous angular momentum,
, of a particle
relative to an axis through an origin O is defined by the
cross product of the particle's instantaneous position vector
relative to O, , and its
instantaneous linear momentum, .
The friends use the simulation, which depicts a top view of an ice
skater, to explore angular momentum. As the skater passes a pole
(represented by the dark circle), she grabs hold, causing her body
to swing around rapidly in a circular path. The friends can use the
sliders to vary the speed and arm extension for the skater, and
they can click" start" to begin the animation. They assume that the
ice is frictionless, and that air resistance makes a negligible
contribution to the motion.
Darcy and Wilhelmina now tackle a homework problem.
An ice skater of mass m = 60 kg coasts at a speed of v = 1.87 m/s past a pole. At the distance of closest approach, her center of mass is r1 = 0.44 m from the pole. At that point she grabs hold of the pole.
(A) What is the skater's angular speed when she first grabs the
pole?
______ rad/s
(B) What is the skater's angular speed after she now pulls her
center of mass to a distance of r2 = 0.3 m from
the pole?
_________ rad/s
Wilhelmina is an avid ice skater who is also taking physics with her friend Darcy. Wilhelmina...
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