Question: A student sits on a freely rotating stool holding two dumbbells, each of mass 2 . 9 9 kg ( see figure below ) .

A student sits on a freely rotating stool holding two dumbbells, each of mass 2.99 kg (see figure below). When his arms are extended horizontally (Figure a), the dumbbells are 0.99 m from the axis of rotation and the student rotates with an angular speed of 0.748rads. The moment of inertia of the student plus stool is 2.53kg*m2 and is assumed to be constant. The student pulls the dumbells inward horizontally to a position 0.308 m from the rotation axis (Figure b).
(a) Find the new angular speed of the student.
rad/s
(b) Find the kinetic energy of the rotating system before and after he pulls the dumbbells inward.
Kbefore=
Kafter=
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A student sits on a freely rotating stool holding

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