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Homework Statement
A solid, horizontal cylinder of mass 16.3 kg
and radius 1.44 m rotates with an angular
speed of 2.24 rad/s about a fixed vertical axis
through its center. A 0.239 kg piece of putty
is dropped vertically onto the cylinder at a
point 0.624 m from the center of rotation, and
sticks to the cylinder.
What is the final angular speed of the sys-
tem?
Answer in units of rad/s.