Question: A person stands on a platform, initially at rest, that can rotate freely without friction. The moment of inertia of the person plus the platform

A person stands on a platform, initially at rest, that can rotate freely without friction. The moment of inertia
of the person plus the platform is IP . The person holds a spinning bicycle wheel with its axis horizontal.
The wheel has moment of inertia IW and angular velocity wW . What will be the angular velocity wP of the
platform if the person moves the axis of the wheel so that it points (a) vertically upward, (b) at a 60 angle
to the vertical, (c) vertically downward? (d) What will wP be if the person reaches up and stops the wheel
in part (a)?

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