Angular Momentum
Classical Mechanics
Level
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What is the magnitude of the angular momentum of a body of mass 10 kg moving in a unit circle with a linear velocity of 5 m/s?
Can you justify your answer ?
The answer is 50.
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1 solution
Angular momentum=mvr , where m , v, r are mass velocity and radius of path respectively . Therefore, by plugging these values into the above equation we get the answer as 50 kg m^2/s.