A person sits on a freely spinning lab stool (no friction). When ...

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A person sits on a freely spinning lab stool (no friction). When this person extends her arms,
 
  A) her moment of inertia decreases and her angular velocity increases.
  B) her moment of inertia decreases and her angular velocity decreases.
  C) her moment of inertia increases and her angular velocity increases.
  D) her moment of inertia increases and her angular velocity decreases.
  E) her moment of inertia increases and her angular velocity remains the same.

Question 2

To determine the mass of a car, a student (with a friend at the wheel) pushes the car holding a bathroom scale between himself and the car and carefully maintains a constant reading of 400 N on the scale while the car accelerates on level ground.
 
  At the conclusion of the experiment his friend reports that the car accelerated from rest to 14.0 km/hr in 12.0 s. What was the mass of the car? A) 343 kg
  B) 1230 kg
  C) 2460 kg
  D) 3360 kg
  E) 3430 kg

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B

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