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Thank you! That will help a lot. And I now understand what you meant by not conserving momentum.

I'm aware that I have to solve it in two parts and that it needs to be angular momentum, which is why I wrote the equation for angular momentum. I just need hint to figure out what barely making it to the top of the arc is. Do I have to solve for its amplitude? Is there a special condition for...

Homework Statement A 39.00 kg rod of length 2.8 m is hanging vertically by one of its ends that is free to swing in a complete circle about a frictionless axle/pivot. The rod has uniform mass density. Suddenly it is struck horizontally by a 5 kg putty that sticks to the center of...