AP Physics 1
6.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
6.3 Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse

Scenario 1: The block is dropped onto the disk at a distance \(r = \dfrac{R}{2}\) from the axle.
Scenario 2: The block is dropped onto the disk at the rim, at a distance \(r = R\) from the axle.
If \(\omega_1\) is the final angular velocity of the system in Scenario 1 and \(\omega_2\) is the final angular velocity in Scenario 2, what is the ratio \(\dfrac{\omega_1}{\omega_2}\)?
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