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physicsss
Nov1-04, 01:19 AM
A particle is at the position (x,y,z) = (1.0, 2.0, 3.0) m. It is traveling with a vector velocity (-4.0, -5.6, -5.4) m/s. Its mass is 7.6 kg. What is its vector angular momentum about the origin?

Galileo
Nov1-04, 06:05 AM
The angular momentum is \vec L = \vec r \times \vec p
It's pretty straightforward. You're given \vec r and getting p from m and v is easy.
So just calculate their cross product.