Question: A student sits on a freely rotating stool holding two weights, each of mass 3.00 kg (Figure P11.30). When his arms are extended horizontally, the

A student sits on a freely rotating stool holding two weights, each of mass 3.00 kg (Figure P11.30). When his arms are extended horizontally, the weights are 1.00 m from the axis of rotation and he rotates with an angular speed of 0.750 rad/s. The moment of inertia of the student plus stool is 3.00 kg €¢m2 and is assumed to be constant. The student pulls the weights inward horizontally to a position 0.300 m from the rotation axis. (a) Find the new angular speed of the student. (b) Find the kinetic energy of the rotating system before and after he pulls the weights inward.

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