A person is sitting at rest on a stool that is free to rotate about a vertical axis. The person holds in one hand a bicycle wheel that spins rapidly counterclockwise (when viewed from above) . The person then stops the wheel with the other hand. What happens as a result?
A) The person rotates counterclockwise (as seen from above) .
B) The person rotates clockwise (as seen from above) .
C) Nothing. The wheel's angular momentum is carried away by external interactions.
D) Nothing. The wheel's angular momentum is simply dissipated by the friction interaction.
E) Something else happens (specify) .
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