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AP Physics 1
6.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
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A perspective view of a flat, circular disk of radius R and mass M. A dashed vertical line passes through the center representing the rotation axis. A curved arrow labeled omega_0 indicates counter-clockwise rotation. Directly above a point on the disk at a distance r from the center, a small blob of clay of mass m is shown with a downward vertical arrow, indicating it is about to land on the disk.
A piece of clay of mass m about to land on a rotating disk.
A uniform horizontal disk of mass \(M\) and radius \(R\) is rotating with an initial angular velocity \(\omega_0\) about a fixed vertical axis through its center. The rotational inertia of the disk is \(I_{disk} = \dfrac{1}{2}MR^2\). A small piece of clay of mass \(m\) is dropped vertically onto the disk and sticks to it at a distance \(r\) from the center. Friction in the axle is negligible. Which of the following expressions represents the final angular velocity \(\omega_f\) of the disk-clay system?

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