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A person having a mass of 85 kg sits on the edge of a horizontal rotating platform, 2.2 m from the center of the platform, and has a tangential speed of 6.6 m/s. calculate the angular momentum of the person

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The angular momentum of the person is given by:

L=mvr
where
m=85 Kg is the mass of the person,
v=6.6 m/s is the tangential velocity, and
r=2.2 m is the distance of the person from the center of rotation. Using these data, we find

L=(85 Kg)(6.6 m/s)(2.2 m)=1234.2 Kg \cdot m^2/s
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