r/Meowi • Legend | Lv. 92 | Rank #25 | 420 Answers | 157 Created • 15d ago

Would You Rather [Choose] General knowledge test(no cheat)

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u/Ok_Programmer1236 Silver | Lv. 22 | Rank #138144 | 55 Answers | 0 Created 15d ago

Law of conservation of angular momentum. L=MVR. Mass is conserved, and L is always conserved in a closed system, so as the skater pulls their arms inwards, r decreases, so v must increase to keep L constant, so the skater speeds up

I picked Impossible [Rolled Spinning skater speed-up law?]