Conservation of angular momentum: A potter's wheel, with rotational inertia is spinning freely at 40 rpm. The potter drops a lump of clay onto the wheel, where it sticks a distance 1.2 m from the rotational axis. If the subsequent angular speed of the wheel and clay is 32 rpm what is the mass of the clay?
A) 8.0 kg
B) 5.4 kg
C) 7.0 kg
D) 8.8 kg

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Conservation of angular momentum: A potter's wheel, with rotational inertia  is spinning freely at 40 rpm. The potter drops a lump of clay onto the wheel, where it sticks a distance 1.2 m from the rotational axis. If the subsequent angular speed of the wheel and clay is 32 rpm what is the mass of the clay?
A) 8.0 kg 
B) 5.4 kg 
C) 7.0 kg 
D) 8.8 kg

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The Answer of Conservation of angular momentum: A potter's wheel, with rotational inertia  is spinning freely at 40 rpm. The potter drops a lump of clay onto the wheel, where it sticks a distance 1.2 m from the rotational axis. If the subsequent angular speed of the wheel and clay is 32 rpm what is the mass of the clay?
A) 8.0 kg 
B) 5.4 kg 
C) 7.0 kg 
D) 8.8 kg

Conservation of Angular Momentum: a Potter's Wheel, with Rotational Inertia