A skater is spinning with his arms outstretched. He has a 2 lb weight in each ha

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A skater is spinning with his arms outstretched. He has a 2 lb weight in each hand. In an attempt to change his angular velocity he lets go of both weights. Does he succeed in changing his angular velocity? If yes, how does his angular velocity change? A skater is spinning with his arms outstretched. He has a 2 lb weight in each hand. In an attempt to change his angular velocity he lets go of both weights. Does he succeed in changing his angular velocity? If yes, how does his angular velocity change?

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The angular velocity depends on the radius of rotation. The onlyway he could change his angular velocity would be if he brought inhis arms.

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