Some dragonflies splash down onto the surface of a lake to clean themselves. After this dunking, the dragonflies gain altitude, and then spin rapidly at about 1100 rpm to sway the water off thee bodes. When the dragonflies do this 'spin-dry.' they luck themselves into a "ball" with a moment of inertia of 2.5 x 10 ^-7 kg.m ² .

Part A

How much energy must the dragonfly generate to spin itself at this rate,

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