Suppose a 0.250 kg ball is thrown at 13.0 m/s to a motionless
person standing on ice who catches it with an outstretched arm as
shown in Figure 9.31.
(a) Calculate the final linear velocity of the person, given his
mass is 80.0 kg.
(b) What is his angular velocity if each arm has a 5.00 kg mass?
You may treat his arms as uniform rods of length 0.9 m and the rest
of his body as a uniform cylinder of radius 0.190 m. Neglect the
effect of the ball on his rotational inertia and on his center of
mass, so that it remains in his geometrical center.
(c) Compare the initial and final total kinetic energy.
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