Question: ( a ) Calculate the total angular momentum for this two rod system about the point A = ( 0 , 0 , 0 )

(a) Calculate the total angular momentum for this two rod system about the point A=(0,0,0) at the instant shown.
(b) In the presence of gravity, what is the total torque on this two rod system with respect to the point A=(0,0,0) at the instant shown? A massless rod of length \(2 d \) is connected to a frictionless axle rotating clockwise with angular speed \(\Omega \) about position A . On one end of the massless rod, a distance \( d \) from the axle, is attached a mass \( M \). On the othe of the massless rod, a distance \( d \) from the axle, is a second rod that is attached by a frictionless axle. This shorter rod has length \( h \), mass \(2 M \)(which is distributed uniformly across the rod) and is rotating counterclock with angular speed \(\omega \). The position of the rods at a single instant in time is shown in the figure below. At this instant the longer rod makes an angle \(\theta \) with respect to the vertical.
(a) Calculate the total angular momentum for this two rod system about the point \( A=(0,0,0)\) at the instant shown.
(b) In the presence of gravity, what is the total torque on this two rod system with respect to the point \( A=(0,0,0)\) at the instant shown?
( a ) Calculate the total angular momentum for

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