An ice skater performs a pirouette (a fast spin) by pulling in his outstretched arms close to his body. What happens to his angular momentum about the axis of rotation?(a) It decreases. , (b) It changes, but it is impossible to tell which way. , (c) It does not change. , (d) It increases. , (e) We need more information to tell. :

An ice skater performs a pirouette (a fast spin) by pulling in his outstretched arms close to his body. What happens to his angular momentum about the axis of rotation? • Nerd Notes

AP Physics 1

6.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum

6.3 Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse

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An ice skater performs a pirouette (a fast spin) by pulling in his outstretched arms close to his body. What happens to his angular momentum about the axis of rotation?

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