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What quantities are needed to calculate angular momentum?

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You need the moment of inertia and the angular velocity
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Picture a small child on a spinning playground ride, such as a merry-go-round, and she’s yelling that she wants to get off. You have to stop the spinning ride, but it’s going to take some effort. Why? Because it has angular momentum.
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