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AP Physics C: Mechanics
6.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
6.3 Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse
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Conical pendulum bob moving in a horizontal circle.
Conical pendulum bob moving in a horizontal circle.
A conical pendulum consists of a small bob of mass \(m\) attached to a light string of length \(L\). The bob moves at a constant speed \(v\) in a horizontal circle of radius \(R\). Point \(S\) is the fixed suspension point of the string, and point \(C\) is the center of the circular orbit located a vertical distance \(h\) directly below \(S\).

Which of the following correctly describes the angular momentum vector of the bob evaluated about point \(S\) (\(\vec{L}_S\)) and evaluated about point \(C\) (\(\vec{L}_C\)) as the bob orbits?

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