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A ballet dancer suddenly folds her outstretched arms. Her angular velocity
PhysicsRotational MotionAP EAMCETAP EAMCET 2020 (18 Sep Shift 1)
Options:
  • A increases
  • B decreases
  • C remains the same
  • D may increase or decrease
Solution:
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The correct answer is: increases
According to law of conservation of angular momentum,
\(I \omega=\text { constant }\)...(i)
where, \(I=\) moment of inertia and \(\omega=\) angular velocity.
When a ballet dancer suddenly folds her outstretched arms, then her moment of inertia decreases, hence from Eq. (i), we observe that her angular velocity will increases.

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