Hmm... I'm trying to reason and so far, I understand that there is an angular momentum at the "end of the stick" as viewed from the pivot. Am I correct to say that there is an angular momentum at the pivot as viewed from the "end of the stick"? This is because the pivot exerts a torque which...
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Pretty much the rod was vertically hanging from a ceiling and pivoted at one end. A ball would have a horizontal velocity and hit it directly at the opposite tip of the rod (not pivoted and hanging down). This collision is inelastic. The question asked about angular momentum...
Hi! I'm currently a student taking a classical mechanics course.
Finals are coming up, and I've come to realize that I seem to have a firm grasp of most of the material (energy, forces, etc...) but not momentum. I know this because I was flabbergasted by a problem on my last midterm that...