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Unit 6: Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems

Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse

Find the angular momentum of a spinning rigid system and of an object moving past a point, and use angular impulse and torque graphs to find how it changes.

Topic 6.3 · 9 min read

This lesson comes with the AP Physics C: Mechanics plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Angular momentum of a rigid system
  2. 02Angular momentum of an object moving past a point
  3. 03Torque changes angular momentum
  4. 04Worked examples
  5. 05Where students lose points

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