Question: A potter's wheel is rotating around a vertical axis through its center at a frequency of 1.5rev/s. The wheel can be considered a uniform disk

A potter's wheel is rotating around a vertical axis through its center at a frequency of 1.5rev/s. The wheel can be considered a uniform disk of mass 5.0 kg and diameter 0.40 m. The potter then throws a 2.6-kg chunk of clay, approximately shaped as a flat disk of radius 7.0 cm, onto the center of the rotating wheel. What is the frequency of the wheel after the clay sticks to it? Ignore friction.

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