Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-physics-1-paper-of-the-university-of-oxford/2014-resit/10/b/solution

The uniform cylindrical torso contributes . Adding both arm point masses about the same vertical axis gives
With initial angular frequency , conservation of angular momentum gives . Therefore
This corresponds to rotations per second; it is important not to confuse that frequency with the requested angular frequency.

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