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nhmllr
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So I'm trying to teach myself torque and angular momentum, and I know how to calculate the vector (direction can be found using the right hand rule, magnitude equals
sin(angle between)*position vector* momentum vector )
but what is the POINT of this value? I've read a few things on it but it's not clicking. I get that it's conserved from an outside point, but so what? If I added up all the vectors and multiplied them by 76, that'd be conserved too. What's so special about this vector?
sin(angle between)*position vector* momentum vector )
but what is the POINT of this value? I've read a few things on it but it's not clicking. I get that it's conserved from an outside point, but so what? If I added up all the vectors and multiplied them by 76, that'd be conserved too. What's so special about this vector?