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A ballet dancer, dancing on a smooth floor is spinning about a vertical axis with her arms folded with an angular velocity of $20 \,rad/s$. When she stretches her arms fully, the spinning speed decrease as $10\, rad/s$. If $I$ is the initial moment of inertia of the dancer, the new moment of inertia is

Updated On: Sep 3, 2024
  • $2I$
  • $3I$
  • $I/2$
  • $I/3$
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

Here, angular momentum is conserved. Initial angular momentum = Final angular momentum $I \times 20 = I' \times 10$, where $I'$ is new moment of inertia $\therefore I' = 2I$
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