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When a twirling ice skater brings her arms inward, her angular velocity?

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Step-by-step explanation:

When she moves her arms inward, she spins faster. Her moment of inertia decreases, so her angular velocity must increase to keep the angular momentum constant.

L = Iω, so if I decreases, ω has to increase because L has to be conserved.

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