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A figure skater rotates about a vertical axis through her center with both arms and one leg extended. Her rotation rate is 0.65 rev/s. She then pulls her arms and leg closer to her body and begins to spin at a 1.85 rev/s. What is the ratio of her new moment of inertia to her old?

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