AP Physics 1 : Angular Momentum
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Example Question #1021 : Ap Physics 1
Two 
If the outer car is moving at 
Example Question #1022 : Ap Physics 1
Moment of inertia of disk:
A car with wheels of mass 
None of these
Finding angular velocity:
Using
and
Where 
Combining equations and plugging in values:
Example Question #1023 : Ap Physics 1
A solid bowling ball of mass 
The expression for angular momentum is:
Where I is the moment of inertia for a solid sphere:
And w is the angular velocity:
Plugging these in, we get:
Plugging in our values, we get:
Example Question #11 : Angular Momentum
A bowling ball of mass 
Let's begin with the expression for conservation of energy:
Since the ball begins from rest, we can eliminate initial kinetic energy. Also, if we assume that the bottom of the slope has a height of 0, we can eliminate final potential energy to get:
Plugging in expressions, we get:
Where I is the moment of inertia for a solid sphere:
And w is the angular velocity:
Plugging these in, we get:
Rearranging for final velocity, we get:
Plugging in our values, we get:
Example Question #31 : Circular And Rotational Motion
Two identical cars are racing side by side on a circular race track. Which has the greater angular momentum?
They are the same
The outside car
Impossible to determine
The inside car
The outside car
Where 
The car on the outside has a larger 
Example Question #11 : Angular Momentum
A 
The first part of this problem is a transfer between angular and linear momentum. Conservation of momentum tells us that we can equate the angular momentum of the pendulum to the linear momentum of the brick, or 
The next part of the problem is identifying that the kinematic equations can be used here to find the acceleration the brick undergoes as it comes to a stop. Here we can use 
Lastly, we know that the kinetic friction force can be written as 
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