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The experimenter fom the video rotates on his stool, this time holding his empty hands in his lap. You stand on a desk above him and drop a long, heavy been bag straight down so that it lands across his lap, in his hands. what happens?

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Final answer:

The bean bag will land in the experimenter's lap as it falls straight down due to gravity, regardless of the experimenter's rotation on the stool.

Step-by-step explanation:

When the experimenter rotates on his stool and the student drops a long, heavy bean bag straight down, the bean bag will land in the experimenter's empty hands in his lap. This is because the bean bag, like any other object, falls straight down due to gravity. The rotation of the experimenter on the stool does not affect the motion of the bean bag since it is not connected to the experimenter's movement.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

The experimenter is rotating on his stool with angular velocity ω ( suppose )

His moment of inertia is I say

We are applying no torque from outside . therefore , the angular momentum will remain the same

Thus angular momentum L = I ω = constant

Thus we can say I₁ ω₁ = I₂ω₂ = constant

here I₁ is the initial moment of inertia and ω₁ is the initial angular velocity

Similarly I₂ is the final moment of inertia and ω₂ is the final angular velocity

When a been bag is dropped on his lap , his moment of inertia increases due to increase in mass

In the above equation, when moment of inertia increases , the angular velocity decreases . So its motion of rotation will decrease .

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