Assignment:
A student on a piano stool rotates freely with an angular speed of 3.16 rev/s. The student holds a 1.50 kg mass in each outstretched arm, 0.794 m from the axis of rotation. The combined moment of inertia of the student and the stool, ignoring the two masses, is 5.45 kg*m2, a value that remains constant. As the student pulls his arms inward, his angular speed increases to 3.46 rev/s. How far are the masses from the axis of rotation at this time, considering the masses to be points?
- Calculate the initial kinetic energy of the system.
- Calculate the final kinetic energy of the system.
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question, use formulas.