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A figure skater is spinning with an initial angular speed of 5.6rad/s. He then pulls his arms in, reducing his moment of inertia to 0.31 times its original value. What is his angular speed after pulling in his arms?

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conservation of momentum
I*5.6=(.31)I wf
wf=5.6/.31 rad/sec

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