A figure skater rotating on one spot with both arms and one leg extended has a moment of inertia . She then pulls in her arms and the extended leg, reducing her moment of inertia to 0.75 . What is the ratio of her final to initial kinetic energy?

A figure skater rotating on one spot with both arms and one leg extended has a moment of inertia She then pulls in her arms and the extended leg reducing her mo class=

Respuesta :

Given that the initial moment of inertia is

[tex]I_i[/tex]

The final moment of inertia is

[tex]I_f=0.75I_i[/tex]

Let the initial angular velocity be

[tex]\omega_i[/tex]

Let the final angular velocity be

[tex]\omega_f[/tex]

The ratio of final and initial kinetic energy is

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{K_f}{K_i}=\frac{\frac{1}{2}I_i(\omega_i)^2}{\frac{1}{2}I_f(\omega_f)^2} \\ =\frac{I_i(\omega_i)^2}{0.75I_i(\omega_f)^2} \\ =\frac{(\omega_i)^2_{}}{0.75(\omega_f)^2} \\ =1.3\frac{(\omega_i)^2}{(\omega_f)^2} \end{gathered}[/tex]