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The discussion focuses on calculating the final angular speed of a solid vertical cylinder after a piece of putty is dropped onto it. The cylinder has a mass of 10.0 kg and a radius of 1.00 m, initially rotating at 7.00 rad/s. The putty, weighing 0.250 kg, is dropped at a distance of 0.900 m from the center. The conservation of angular momentum is applied, utilizing the equations Lbefore = Lafter and L = Iω, where the moment of inertia is calculated using I = (1/2)MR² for the cylinder and I_f = (1/2)MR² + mr² for the final state.

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1.A solid, vertical cylinder of mass 10.0 kg and radius 1.00 m rotates with an angular speed of 7.00 rad/s about a fixed vertical axis through its center. A .250 kg piece of putty is dropped vertically onto the cylinder at a point 0.900 m from the center of ration and sticks to the cylinder. Determine the final angular speed of the system.


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Lbefore=Lafter
L=Iw

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the angular momentum is L and the angular velocity is what i am looking for that is w.
I believe you can say that IoWo should = IW

I am unsure what you are to do with the mass of the putty and the center of radian issue.

I believe you need to set up taht W = (Io/I)wo

Io = MR^2?
 
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I_{o}\times \omega_{o}=I_{f}\times \omega_{f}

We know I_{o}= \frac{1}{2}MR^2 plus we know wf

I_{f}=\frac{1}{2}MR^2+mr^2
Note: the I_{f} changes, the parallel axis theorem is used.

only \omega_f left that's unknown.
 

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