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AP Physics C: Mechanics
6.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
6.1 Rotational Kinetic Energy
BeginnerMCQMathematicalProportional Analysis18k
A figure skater is spinning on frictionless ice with their arms outstretched, having an initial rotational inertia \(I_0\) and rotating with angular speed \(\omega_0\). By pulling their arms inward toward their body, the skater reduces their rotational inertia to \(\dfrac{1}{3}I_0\). What is the ratio of the skater's final rotational kinetic energy to their initial rotational kinetic energy, \(\dfrac{K_f}{K_i}\)?

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