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With the term Irolling = I + m*Rs2 (located in the smaller text) the moment is being taken about the point of contact.

I have thought about conserving angular momentum but because there is an outside force (friction) being applied to the system (sphere of interest) I believe that momentum is not conserved. This is my reasoning behind trying to do a impulse-driven method of solving it.

*assume a gravitational force sufficient enough to induce a frictional force to cause no sliding

Homework Statement A uniform sphere with know mass m, moment of inertia I, and radius Rs is traveling through free space with initial horizontal linear velocity v1 and rotational velocity w1. It then makes tangential contact with a horizontal surface and instantaneously starts rolling without...